Polish Glacier
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Polish Glacier is a prominent and challenging ice route on the eastern face of Aconcagua, renowned among mountaineers for its steep, high-altitude climbing.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Polish Glacier on Aconcagua | 2 |
| Glaciar de los Polacos | 1 |
| Polish Glacier canonical | 1 |
| Upper Horcones Glacier | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T344185 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Polish Glacier Context triple: [Aconcagua, hasGlacier, Polish Glacier]
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A.
Miage Glacier
Miage Glacier is a large valley glacier on the Italian side of the Mont Blanc massif, notable for its extensive debris-covered surface.
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B.
Bionnassay Glacier
Bionnassay Glacier is a prominent alpine glacier on the western flank of the Mont Blanc massif in the French Alps.
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C.
Rhône Glacier
The Rhône Glacier is a major Alpine glacier in the Swiss Alps that historically fed the Rhône River and has become a prominent example of glacial retreat due to climate change.
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D.
Glacier des Bossons
Glacier des Bossons is a prominent valley glacier on the French side of the Mont Blanc massif, known for descending close to the Chamonix valley and being one of the most visible glaciers in the Alps.
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E.
Wheeler Peak Glacier
Wheeler Peak Glacier is a small alpine glacier nestled on the slopes of Wheeler Peak in Nevada’s Snake Range, notable as one of the southernmost glaciers in the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Polish Glacier Target entity description: Polish Glacier is a prominent and challenging ice route on the eastern face of Aconcagua, renowned among mountaineers for its steep, high-altitude climbing.
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A.
Miage Glacier
Miage Glacier is a large valley glacier on the Italian side of the Mont Blanc massif, notable for its extensive debris-covered surface.
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B.
Bionnassay Glacier
Bionnassay Glacier is a prominent alpine glacier on the western flank of the Mont Blanc massif in the French Alps.
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C.
Rhône Glacier
The Rhône Glacier is a major Alpine glacier in the Swiss Alps that historically fed the Rhône River and has become a prominent example of glacial retreat due to climate change.
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D.
Glacier des Bossons
Glacier des Bossons is a prominent valley glacier on the French side of the Mont Blanc massif, known for descending close to the Chamonix valley and being one of the most visible glaciers in the Alps.
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E.
Wheeler Peak Glacier
Wheeler Peak Glacier is a small alpine glacier nestled on the slopes of Wheeler Peak in Nevada’s Snake Range, notable as one of the southernmost glaciers in the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ice climbing route
ⓘ
mountaineering route ⓘ |
| climbingSeason | austral summer ⓘ |
| continent | South America ⓘ |
| difficulty | high ⓘ |
| elevationContext | high-altitude above 6000 meters ⓘ |
| firstAscentBy | Polish expedition ⓘ |
| firstAscentYear | 1934 ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Polish Glacier
ⓘ
surface form:
Glaciar de los Polacos
|
| hazard |
avalanches
ⓘ
crevasses ⓘ icefall ⓘ rockfall ⓘ severe altitude effects ⓘ |
| isDifferentFrom | Polish Traverse route on Aconcagua ⓘ |
| knownFor |
high-altitude climbing
ⓘ
steep ice climbing ⓘ technical difficulty ⓘ |
| liesOn | eastern flank of Aconcagua ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Andes ⓘ |
| locatedInCountry | Argentina ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Aconcagua ⓘ |
| locatedOnFace | eastern face of Aconcagua ⓘ |
| mountainRange | Principal Cordillera of the Andes ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Polish climbers ⓘ |
| partOf | Aconcagua climbing routes ⓘ |
| popularityAmong | experienced mountaineers ⓘ |
| requires |
high-altitude mountaineering experience
ⓘ
technical ice-climbing equipment ⓘ |
| routeType |
glacier route
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ice and snow route ⓘ |
| summitReachedVia |
Aconcagua
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surface form:
Aconcagua summit
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| typicalApproachFrom | Plaza Argentina base camp ⓘ |
| typicalUse | summit route to Aconcagua ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Polish Glacier Description of subject: Polish Glacier is a prominent and challenging ice route on the eastern face of Aconcagua, renowned among mountaineers for its steep, high-altitude climbing.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Upper Horcones Glacier
this entity surface form:
Polish Glacier on Aconcagua
this entity surface form:
Glaciar de los Polacos
this entity surface form:
Polish Glacier on Aconcagua