Mount Amnye Machen
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Mount Amnye Machen is a prominent, glacier-clad peak in Qinghai, China, revered in Tibetan Buddhism as a sacred mountain and major pilgrimage site.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Amnye Machen | 1 |
| Mount Amnye Machen canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4734434 — 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: Mount Amnye Machen Context triple: [Bayan Har Mountains, highestPoint, Mount Amnye Machen]
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A.
Mount Ngerchelchuus
Mount Ngerchelchuus is the highest peak on the island of Babeldaob in Palau, known as the country's tallest point.
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B.
Ayudag Mountain
Ayudag Mountain is a prominent volcanic dome on Crimea’s southern coast, known for its distinctive bear-like shape and scenic views over the Black Sea.
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C.
Mount Yengo
Mount Yengo is a flat-topped mountain in New South Wales, Australia, that holds great cultural and spiritual significance for Aboriginal peoples and forms a prominent feature of Yengo National Park.
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D.
Mount Pangrango
Mount Pangrango is a prominent stratovolcano in western Java, Indonesia, known for its lush montane forests and inclusion in the Gunung Gede Pangrango National Park.
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E.
Mount Heha
Mount Heha is the tallest mountain in Burundi, located in the Burundi Highlands near the city of Bujumbura.
- 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: Mount Amnye Machen Target entity description: Mount Amnye Machen is a prominent, glacier-clad peak in Qinghai, China, revered in Tibetan Buddhism as a sacred mountain and major pilgrimage site.
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A.
Mount Ngerchelchuus
Mount Ngerchelchuus is the highest peak on the island of Babeldaob in Palau, known as the country's tallest point.
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B.
Ayudag Mountain
Ayudag Mountain is a prominent volcanic dome on Crimea’s southern coast, known for its distinctive bear-like shape and scenic views over the Black Sea.
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C.
Mount Yengo
Mount Yengo is a flat-topped mountain in New South Wales, Australia, that holds great cultural and spiritual significance for Aboriginal peoples and forms a prominent feature of Yengo National Park.
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D.
Mount Pangrango
Mount Pangrango is a prominent stratovolcano in western Java, Indonesia, known for its lush montane forests and inclusion in the Gunung Gede Pangrango National Park.
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E.
Mount Heha
Mount Heha is the tallest mountain in Burundi, located in the Burundi Highlands near the city of Bujumbura.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
mountain
ⓘ
pilgrimage site ⓘ sacred mountain ⓘ |
| associatedDeity |
Amnye Machen
ⓘ
linked to:
Mount Amnye Machen
|
| associatedDeityType | mountain god ⓘ |
| belongsTo |
Qinghai Province
ⓘ
linked to:
Qinghai
|
| climateZone | alpine ⓘ |
| climbingStatus | restricted ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | China ⓘ |
| culturalRegion |
Amdo
ⓘ
Tibet ⓘ
linked to:
Ü-Tsang
|
| earlyMisestimatedElevation | over 9000 m ⓘ |
| elevation |
20610 ft
ⓘ
6282 m ⓘ |
| feeds | headwaters of several Yellow River tributaries ⓘ |
| firstAscentParty | Japanese expedition ⓘ |
| firstAscentYear | 1981 ⓘ |
| firstRecordedByWesternExplorers | early 20th century ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeTransliteration |
Amne Machin
ⓘ
Anyê Maqên ⓘ |
| hasGlaciers | true ⓘ |
| hasLandCover |
glaciers
ⓘ
rock and scree slopes ⓘ |
| hasRestrictedAccessDueTo | religious significance ⓘ |
| isImportantIn |
Tibetan pilgrimage traditions
ⓘ
Tibetan sacred geography ⓘ |
| isMajorPilgrimageSite | true ⓘ |
| isSacredTo |
Tibetan Buddhists
ⓘ
local Tibetan communities ⓘ |
| isSubjectOf | Tibetan myths and legends ⓘ |
| isVisibleFrom | surrounding high plateau grasslands ⓘ |
| localNameLanguage | Tibetan ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Amdo region
ⓘ
linked to:
Ü-Tsang
Golog Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture ⓘ Maqên County ⓘ Qinghai ⓘ eastern Tibetan Plateau ⓘ
linked to:
eastern Tibet
|
| mountainRange | Kunlun Mountains ⓘ |
| nearbyRiver | Yellow River basin ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
heavily glaciated summit massif
ⓘ
steep relief above surrounding plateau ⓘ |
| pilgrimageCircuitLength | about 120–150 km ⓘ |
| pilgrimageDurationOnFoot | about 7–10 days ⓘ |
| pilgrimagePractice | kora circumambulation ⓘ |
| prominence | about 2000 m ⓘ |
| religion | Tibetan Buddhism ⓘ |
| sacredMountainRank | one of the most important sacred mountains of Amdo ⓘ |
| wasOnceThoughtToBeHigherThan | Mount Everest ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Mount Amnye Machen Description of subject: Mount Amnye Machen is a prominent, glacier-clad peak in Qinghai, China, revered in Tibetan Buddhism as a sacred mountain and major pilgrimage site.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Mount Amnye Machen