Hoh Glacier
E485023
Hoh Glacier is a prominent glacier on Washington State’s Mount Olympus, known for feeding the Hoh River and contributing to the rugged alpine landscape of Olympic National Park.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hoh Glacier canonical | 9 |
| Hoh River headwaters | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3449550 — 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: Hoh Glacier Context triple: [Mount Olympus, hasGlacier, Hoh Glacier]
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A.
Watkins Glacier
Watkins Glacier is one of the alpine glaciers on Mount Shasta in northern California, contributing to the mountain’s perennial ice and snow cover.
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B.
Emmons Glacier
Emmons Glacier is the largest glacier by area in the contiguous United States, flowing down the eastern flank of Mount Rainier in Washington State.
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C.
Kennicott Glacier
Kennicott Glacier is a large valley glacier in Alaska’s Wrangell Mountains, known for its striking ice formations, historic mining-era surroundings, and accessibility to hikers and climbers.
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D.
Mulock Glacier
Mulock Glacier is a large Antarctic glacier in the Ross Dependency that drains the polar plateau into the Ross Ice Shelf.
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E.
Taku Glacier
Taku Glacier is a massive tidewater glacier near Juneau, Alaska, known for its unusual long-term advance in an era when most glaciers are retreating.
- 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: Hoh Glacier Target entity description: Hoh Glacier is a prominent glacier on Washington State’s Mount Olympus, known for feeding the Hoh River and contributing to the rugged alpine landscape of Olympic National Park.
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A.
Watkins Glacier
Watkins Glacier is one of the alpine glaciers on Mount Shasta in northern California, contributing to the mountain’s perennial ice and snow cover.
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B.
Emmons Glacier
Emmons Glacier is the largest glacier by area in the contiguous United States, flowing down the eastern flank of Mount Rainier in Washington State.
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C.
Kennicott Glacier
Kennicott Glacier is a large valley glacier in Alaska’s Wrangell Mountains, known for its striking ice formations, historic mining-era surroundings, and accessibility to hikers and climbers.
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D.
Mulock Glacier
Mulock Glacier is a large Antarctic glacier in the Ross Dependency that drains the polar plateau into the Ross Ice Shelf.
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E.
Taku Glacier
Taku Glacier is a massive tidewater glacier near Juneau, Alaska, known for its unusual long-term advance in an era when most glaciers are retreating.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
glacier
ⓘ
valley glacier ⓘ |
| conservationStatus | within a protected national park ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| countrySubdivision |
Clallam County (approximate region)
ⓘ
linked to:
Clallam County, Washington
|
| drainageBasin |
Hoh River basin
ⓘ
linked to:
Hoh River
|
| ecosystem | alpine environment ⓘ |
| environment | maritime climate ⓘ |
| feeds | Hoh River ⓘ |
| flowsToward | west ⓘ |
| formationProcess | accumulation and compaction of snow and ice ⓘ |
| geologicalEra | formed during Holocene glaciation (ongoing) ⓘ |
| geologicalType | alpine glacier ⓘ |
| hasRole | headwaters source for the Hoh River ⓘ |
| hydrologicalFunction | seasonal meltwater source ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Olympic Mountains
ⓘ
Olympic National Park ⓘ Washington (state) ⓘ
linked to:
Washington
|
| locatedOn | Mount Olympus (Washington) ⓘ |
| locatedOnFlankOf | Mount Olympus west side ⓘ |
| mountainRange | Olympic Mountains ⓘ |
| nationalPark | Olympic National Park ⓘ |
| notableFor |
contributing meltwater to the Hoh River
ⓘ
rugged alpine scenery ⓘ |
| partOf |
Hoh River watershed
ⓘ
linked to:
Hoh River
Pacific Northwest glacial system ⓘ
linked to:
Coast Mountains glacial system
|
| protectedArea | Olympic National Park ⓘ |
| region | Olympic Peninsula ⓘ |
| relatedFeature |
Blue Glacier (Mount Olympus)
ⓘ
linked to:
Blue Glacier (Olympic Mountains)
Hoh Rain Forest ⓘ |
| state | Washington ⓘ |
| surfaceFeatureOf | Mount Olympus (Washington) ⓘ |
| tourism | scenic attraction in Olympic National Park ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Hoh Glacier Description of subject: Hoh Glacier is a prominent glacier on Washington State’s Mount Olympus, known for feeding the Hoh River and contributing to the rugged alpine landscape of Olympic National Park.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Hoh Glacier