Lys Glacier
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Lys Glacier is a major Alpine glacier in the Monte Rosa massif on the border between Italy and Switzerland, known for its high-altitude icefields and mountaineering routes.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lys Glacier canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3552074 — 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: Lys Glacier Context triple: [Punta Gnifetti, glacierOnSlopes, Lys Glacier]
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A.
Lyell Glacier
Lyell Glacier is a rapidly retreating mountain glacier in Yosemite National Park, historically the largest glacier in the park and situated on the slopes of Mount Lyell in the Sierra Nevada of California.
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B.
Steffen Glacier
Steffen Glacier is a major outlet glacier draining the Northern Patagonian Ice Field in southern Chile, known for its remote location and contribution to regional freshwater and sea-level changes.
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C.
Linton Glacier
Linton Glacier is a glacier located on the slopes of the Three Sisters volcanic peaks in the Cascade Range of Oregon, known for its alpine ice and role in local hydrology.
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D.
Gregory Glacier
Gregory Glacier is one of the small equatorial glaciers located on the slopes of Mount Kenya in central Kenya.
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E.
Llewellyn Glacier
Llewellyn Glacier is a large valley glacier in the Juneau Icefield region of northwestern British Columbia and southeastern Alaska, known for its extensive ice flows and retreating terminus.
- 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: Lys Glacier Target entity description: Lys Glacier is a major Alpine glacier in the Monte Rosa massif on the border between Italy and Switzerland, known for its high-altitude icefields and mountaineering routes.
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A.
Lyell Glacier
Lyell Glacier is a rapidly retreating mountain glacier in Yosemite National Park, historically the largest glacier in the park and situated on the slopes of Mount Lyell in the Sierra Nevada of California.
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B.
Steffen Glacier
Steffen Glacier is a major outlet glacier draining the Northern Patagonian Ice Field in southern Chile, known for its remote location and contribution to regional freshwater and sea-level changes.
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C.
Linton Glacier
Linton Glacier is a glacier located on the slopes of the Three Sisters volcanic peaks in the Cascade Range of Oregon, known for its alpine ice and role in local hydrology.
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D.
Gregory Glacier
Gregory Glacier is one of the small equatorial glaciers located on the slopes of Mount Kenya in central Kenya.
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E.
Llewellyn Glacier
Llewellyn Glacier is a large valley glacier in the Juneau Icefield region of northwestern British Columbia and southeastern Alaska, known for its extensive ice flows and retreating terminus.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | glacier ⓘ |
| climateZone | alpine climate ⓘ |
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| country |
Italy
ⓘ
Switzerland ⓘ |
| drainsInto | Lys River ⓘ |
| elevationClass | high alpine zone ⓘ |
| flowsTowards |
Gressoney-La-Trinité area
ⓘ
linked to:
Gressoney-La-Trinité
|
| hasActivity |
glacier trekking
ⓘ
ski mountaineering ⓘ |
| hasFeature | high-altitude icefields ⓘ |
| hasRisk |
crevasse falls
ⓘ
serac collapse ⓘ |
| hasUse |
alpine climbing routes
ⓘ
mountaineering ⓘ |
| knownFor |
crevassed glacier terrain
ⓘ
high-altitude mountaineering routes ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Aosta Valley
ⓘ
Monte Rosa massif ⓘ
linked to:
Monte Rosa
Pennine Alps ⓘ Valais ⓘ |
| locatedOnBorder |
Italy–Switzerland border
ⓘ
linked to:
Italian–Swiss border
|
| mountainRange | Alps ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Lys River ⓘ |
| near |
Lyskamm
ⓘ
Punta Gnifetti ⓘ Punta Zumstein ⓘ Signalkuppe ⓘ |
| partOf |
Monte Rosa glacier system
ⓘ
linked to:
Monte Rosa glaciers
|
| usedFor | access to Monte Rosa summits ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Lys Glacier Description of subject: Lys Glacier is a major Alpine glacier in the Monte Rosa massif on the border between Italy and Switzerland, known for its high-altitude icefields and mountaineering routes.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.