Lauteraar Glacier
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Lauteraar Glacier is a major valley glacier in the Bernese Alps of Switzerland, flowing beneath peaks such as the Schreckhorn and feeding into the Unteraar Glacier system.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lauteraar Glacier canonical | 2 |
| Lauteraar Glacier basin | 1 |
| Turtmann Glacier | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4573203 — 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: Lauteraar Glacier Context triple: [Schreckhorn, glacierOnFlanks, Lauteraar Glacier]
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A.
Findel Glacier
Findel Glacier is a large valley glacier near Zermatt in the Swiss Pennine Alps, known for its dramatic ice flows and views of surrounding high peaks such as the Monte Rosa massif.
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B.
Tustumena Glacier
Tustumena Glacier is a large valley glacier on Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula, known for its dramatic ice fields and role in shaping Tustumena Lake and the surrounding landscape.
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C.
Rutor Glacier
Rutor Glacier is a large alpine glacier in the Aosta Valley of northwestern Italy, known for its extensive ice fields and scenic high-mountain setting near the French border.
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D.
Koettlitz Glacier
Koettlitz Glacier is a large Antarctic glacier in the Ross Dependency that flows into McMurdo Sound near the Royal Society Range.
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E.
Nabesna Glacier
Nabesna Glacier is a massive valley glacier in eastern Alaska, notable as one of the longest interior valley glaciers in North America.
- 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: Lauteraar Glacier Target entity description: Lauteraar Glacier is a major valley glacier in the Bernese Alps of Switzerland, flowing beneath peaks such as the Schreckhorn and feeding into the Unteraar Glacier system.
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A.
Findel Glacier
Findel Glacier is a large valley glacier near Zermatt in the Swiss Pennine Alps, known for its dramatic ice flows and views of surrounding high peaks such as the Monte Rosa massif.
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B.
Tustumena Glacier
Tustumena Glacier is a large valley glacier on Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula, known for its dramatic ice fields and role in shaping Tustumena Lake and the surrounding landscape.
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C.
Rutor Glacier
Rutor Glacier is a large alpine glacier in the Aosta Valley of northwestern Italy, known for its extensive ice fields and scenic high-mountain setting near the French border.
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D.
Koettlitz Glacier
Koettlitz Glacier is a large Antarctic glacier in the Ross Dependency that flows into McMurdo Sound near the Royal Society Range.
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E.
Nabesna Glacier
Nabesna Glacier is a massive valley glacier in eastern Alaska, notable as one of the longest interior valley glaciers in North America.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | valley glacier ⓘ |
| climateZone | alpine climate ⓘ |
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| country | Switzerland ⓘ |
| drainageBasin | Aare ⓘ |
| feeds | glacial meltwater to the Aare ⓘ |
| flowsInto | Unteraar Glacier ⓘ |
| glacierSystem |
Unteraar Glacier system
ⓘ
linked to:
Unteraar Glacier
|
| hasAccessRoute | from Grimsel area via mountain trails ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
crevassed ice surface
ⓘ
glacial tongue ⓘ moraines ⓘ |
| hasLanguageRegion | German-speaking Switzerland ⓘ |
| isRetreating | true ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Bernese Alps
ⓘ
Bernese Oberland ⓘ canton of Bern ⓘ |
| mountainRange | Alps ⓘ |
| near |
Aar massif
ⓘ
Grimsel Pass ⓘ |
| notableFor |
contribution to Unteraar Glacier
ⓘ
location below Schreckhorn massif ⓘ |
| partOf |
Aar river basin
ⓘ
Swiss Alps glacial system ⓘ |
| region | central Switzerland ⓘ |
| sourceRegion | Lauteraar valley ⓘ |
| subjectOf | glaciological studies in the Bernese Alps ⓘ |
| terminusType | land-terminating glacier ⓘ |
| tributaryOf | Unteraar Glacier ⓘ |
| underlies |
Finsteraarhorn region
ⓘ
Lauteraarhorn ⓘ Schreckhorn ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Lauteraar Glacier Description of subject: Lauteraar Glacier is a major valley glacier in the Bernese Alps of Switzerland, flowing beneath peaks such as the Schreckhorn and feeding into the Unteraar Glacier system.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Lauteraar Glacier
linked to: Lauteraar Glacier