volcano Casita
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Volcano Casita is an active stratovolcano in northwestern Nicaragua known for its deadly 1998 landslide triggered by Hurricane Mitch.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| volcano Casita canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5553396 — 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: volcano Casita Context triple: [Chinandega Department, contains, volcano Casita]
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A.
Volcano, California
Volcano, California is a small historic Gold Rush-era town in the Sierra Nevada foothills of Amador County known for its preserved 19th-century buildings and mining heritage.
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B.
Serra de Santa Bárbara volcano
Serra de Santa Bárbara volcano is a stratovolcano and the highest point on Terceira Island in Portugal’s Azores archipelago, known for its prominent summit crater and surrounding natural reserve.
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C.
San Pedro volcano
San Pedro volcano is a prominent stratovolcano in northern Chile’s Andes, known for its high elevation, arid surroundings, and association with the Central Volcanic Zone.
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D.
Volcán San Pedro
Volcán San Pedro is a prominent stratovolcano on the shores of Guatemala’s Lake Atitlán, known for its scenic hiking trails and panoramic views of the surrounding highlands.
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E.
Juriques volcano
Juriques volcano is a stratovolcano on the Bolivia–Chile border in the Andes, known for its prominent conical shape and proximity to the better-known Licancabur volcano.
- 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: volcano Casita Target entity description: Volcano Casita is an active stratovolcano in northwestern Nicaragua known for its deadly 1998 landslide triggered by Hurricane Mitch.
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A.
Volcano, California
Volcano, California is a small historic Gold Rush-era town in the Sierra Nevada foothills of Amador County known for its preserved 19th-century buildings and mining heritage.
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B.
Serra de Santa Bárbara volcano
Serra de Santa Bárbara volcano is a stratovolcano and the highest point on Terceira Island in Portugal’s Azores archipelago, known for its prominent summit crater and surrounding natural reserve.
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C.
San Pedro volcano
San Pedro volcano is a prominent stratovolcano in northern Chile’s Andes, known for its high elevation, arid surroundings, and association with the Central Volcanic Zone.
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D.
Volcán San Pedro
Volcán San Pedro is a prominent stratovolcano on the shores of Guatemala’s Lake Atitlán, known for its scenic hiking trails and panoramic views of the surrounding highlands.
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E.
Juriques volcano
Juriques volcano is a stratovolcano on the Bolivia–Chile border in the Andes, known for its prominent conical shape and proximity to the better-known Licancabur volcano.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
active volcano
ⓘ
stratovolcano ⓘ |
| abbreviationOfMonitoringAgency | INETER ⓘ |
| affectedSettlement |
El Porvenir
ⓘ
Posoltega ⓘ Rolando Rodríguez ⓘ |
| causedDeaths | thousands of people in 1998 ⓘ |
| composition | andesitic to dacitic lavas ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country | Nicaragua ⓘ |
| countrySubdivision | Chinandega Department ⓘ |
| dateOfEvent | 1998-10-30 ⓘ |
| disasterCauseDetail | intense rainfall from Hurricane Mitch saturating volcanic slopes ⓘ |
| disasterClassification | secondary volcanic hazard ⓘ |
| elevation |
approximately 1405 m
ⓘ
approximately 4610 ft ⓘ |
| eruptionStyle | explosive ⓘ |
| geologicalSetting | subduction zone ⓘ |
| hasCrater | eroded summit crater ⓘ |
| hasDisaster | 1998 Casita mudslide ⓘ |
| hasLanguageName |
Spanish: Volcán Casita
ⓘ
linked to:
Casita Volcano
|
| hazardType |
debris avalanche
ⓘ
lahar ⓘ landslide ⓘ |
| impact |
destruction of several villages
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major humanitarian crisis in Nicaragua in 1998 ⓘ |
| lastEruption | 1950s ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Chinandega Department
ⓘ
northwestern Nicaragua ⓘ |
| locatedOn |
Nicaragua Depression
ⓘ
linked to:
Nicaraguan Depression
|
| monitoringAgency |
Instituto Nicaragüense de Estudios Territoriales
ⓘ
linked to:
Nicaraguan Institute of Territorial Studies
|
| mountainRange | Cordillera de los Maribios ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | Spanish diminutive of "casa" (little house) ⓘ |
| nearbyCity | Chinandega ⓘ |
| nearbyVolcano | San Cristóbal ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
1998 debris avalanche and mudflow
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1998 landslide triggered by Hurricane Mitch ⓘ |
| overliesPlate | Caribbean Plate ⓘ |
| partOf |
Central America Volcanic Arc
ⓘ
linked to:
Central American Volcanic Arc
|
| tectonicPlate | Cocos Plate ⓘ |
| triggeredBy | Hurricane Mitch ⓘ |
| usedAsCaseStudyIn |
disaster management and early warning systems
ⓘ
landslide risk assessment ⓘ |
| usedFor | volcanic hazard studies ⓘ |
| volcanoType | stratovolcano ⓘ |
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Subject: volcano Casita Description of subject: Volcano Casita is an active stratovolcano in northwestern Nicaragua known for its deadly 1998 landslide triggered by Hurricane Mitch.
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