Neumayer Glacier
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Neumayer Glacier is a major glacier in South Georgia that drains the slopes of the Allardyce Range toward the island’s northern coast.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Neumayer Glacier canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3750238 — 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: Neumayer Glacier Context triple: [Allardyce Range, hasGlacier, Neumayer Glacier]
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A.
Amalia Glacier
Amalia Glacier is a tidewater glacier in southern Chile, known for its dramatic calving front and rapid retreat along the edge of the Southern Patagonian Ice Field.
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B.
Armira Glacier
Armira Glacier is a glacier on Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica, flowing from the slopes of Mount Foster toward the surrounding coastal area.
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C.
Herbert Glacier
Herbert Glacier is a valley glacier near Juneau, Alaska, known for its accessible hiking trails and striking ice formations within the Juneau Icefield region.
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D.
Krapf Glacier
Krapf Glacier is one of the small equatorial glaciers on Mount Kenya, located high on the mountain’s slopes in central Kenya.
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E.
Beardmore Glacier
Beardmore Glacier is one of the world’s largest valley glaciers in Antarctica, flowing from the Antarctic Plateau down to the Ross Ice Shelf and historically serving as a major route to the South Pole for early explorers.
- 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: Neumayer Glacier Target entity description: Neumayer Glacier is a major glacier in South Georgia that drains the slopes of the Allardyce Range toward the island’s northern coast.
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A.
Amalia Glacier
Amalia Glacier is a tidewater glacier in southern Chile, known for its dramatic calving front and rapid retreat along the edge of the Southern Patagonian Ice Field.
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B.
Armira Glacier
Armira Glacier is a glacier on Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica, flowing from the slopes of Mount Foster toward the surrounding coastal area.
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C.
Herbert Glacier
Herbert Glacier is a valley glacier near Juneau, Alaska, known for its accessible hiking trails and striking ice formations within the Juneau Icefield region.
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D.
Krapf Glacier
Krapf Glacier is one of the small equatorial glaciers on Mount Kenya, located high on the mountain’s slopes in central Kenya.
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E.
Beardmore Glacier
Beardmore Glacier is one of the world’s largest valley glaciers in Antarctica, flowing from the Antarctic Plateau down to the Ross Ice Shelf and historically serving as a major route to the South Pole for early explorers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | glacier ⓘ |
| continent | Antarctica region (sub-Antarctic island) ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| discoveredBy |
Otto Nordenskjöld
ⓘ
Swedish Antarctic Expedition ⓘ |
| discoveryYear | 1902 ⓘ |
| drainageBasin | north coast drainage of South Georgia ⓘ |
| drains | slopes of the Allardyce Range ⓘ |
| featureOf | Allardyce Range ⓘ |
| flowsToward | north coast of South Georgia ⓘ |
| hasCategory |
Glaciers of South Georgia
ⓘ
Landforms of South Georgia ⓘ Sub-Antarctic glaciers ⓘ |
| hasClimate | polar maritime ⓘ |
| hasCoordinateSystem | WGS84 ⓘ |
| hasEnvironment | sub-Antarctic ⓘ |
| hasFlowDirection | northward ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOfToponym | German ⓘ |
| hasProcess |
calving at terminus
ⓘ
glacial erosion ⓘ ice flow ⓘ |
| hasSurfaceFeature |
crevasses
ⓘ
snow cover ⓘ |
| hasTypeOfIce | temperate glacier ice ⓘ |
| isIncludedIn | gazetteers of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic names ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
British Overseas Territories in the South Atlantic
ⓘ
linked to:
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
|
| isSubjectOf |
glaciological studies of South Georgia
ⓘ
topographic mapping of South Georgia ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
South Georgia
ⓘ
linked to:
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
|
| locatedOn |
island of South Georgia
ⓘ
linked to:
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
|
| mappedBy |
Swedish Antarctic Expedition (1901–1904)
ⓘ
linked to:
Swedish Antarctic Expedition
|
| namedAfter | Georg von Neumayer ⓘ |
| namedForField | geophysics ⓘ |
| namedForNationality | German ⓘ |
| namedForOccupation | scientist ⓘ |
| near |
Cumberland Bay
ⓘ
King Edward Point ⓘ |
| partOf | Allardyce Range glacial system ⓘ |
| region |
South Atlantic Ocean
ⓘ
linked to:
South Atlantic
|
| terminus | Cumberland West Bay ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Neumayer Glacier Description of subject: Neumayer Glacier is a major glacier in South Georgia that drains the slopes of the Allardyce Range toward the island’s northern coast.
Referenced by (1)
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