Meru Peak
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Meru Peak is a prominent and technically challenging Himalayan mountain in the Indian Garhwal region, renowned among climbers for its steep granite faces and difficult ascents.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5779472 — 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: Meru Peak Context triple: [Gangotri National Park, containsPeak, Meru Peak]
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Shkhara
Shkhara is a prominent peak in the Greater Caucasus mountain range, known as one of the highest and most challenging mountains in the region.
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Mytikas Peak
Mytikas Peak is the highest summit of Mount Olympus in Greece and the country’s tallest mountain point.
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Bride Peak
Bride Peak is an alternate name for Chogolisa, a prominent and challenging mountain in the Karakoram range of Pakistan.
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Meru
Meru is a town in eastern Kenya that serves as a commercial and administrative hub for the surrounding agricultural region near Mount Kenya.
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Ismoil Somoni Peak
Ismoil Somoni Peak is a prominent mountain in the Pamir range of Central Asia, historically known as the highest summit in the former Soviet Union.
- 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: Meru Peak Target entity description: Meru Peak is a prominent and technically challenging Himalayan mountain in the Indian Garhwal region, renowned among climbers for its steep granite faces and difficult ascents.
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A.
Shkhara
Shkhara is a prominent peak in the Greater Caucasus mountain range, known as one of the highest and most challenging mountains in the region.
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B.
Mytikas Peak
Mytikas Peak is the highest summit of Mount Olympus in Greece and the country’s tallest mountain point.
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C.
Bride Peak
Bride Peak is an alternate name for Chogolisa, a prominent and challenging mountain in the Karakoram range of Pakistan.
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D.
Meru
Meru is a town in eastern Kenya that serves as a commercial and administrative hub for the surrounding agricultural region near Mount Kenya.
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E.
Ismoil Somoni Peak
Ismoil Somoni Peak is a prominent mountain in the Pamir range of Central Asia, historically known as the highest summit in the former Soviet Union.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | mountain ⓘ |
| climbingStyleRequired |
aid climbing
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alpine style ⓘ mixed and ice climbing sections ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| firstAscentOfMeruCentralSharksFin | achieved in 2011 by Conrad Anker, Jimmy Chin and Renan Ozturk ⓘ |
| hasClimbingRoute | Shark's Fin route on Meru Central NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHazard |
avalanches
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rockfall ⓘ severe weather ⓘ |
| hasNotableFeature |
central peak known as Meru Central
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eastern peak known as Meru East NERFINISHED ⓘ steep granite faces ⓘ technical climbing routes ⓘ western peak known as Meru West ⓘ |
| hasReputation | one of the most difficult technical climbs in the Himalayas ⓘ |
| hasSummitElevation |
about 21850 ft
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about 6660 m ⓘ |
| hasTerrain |
granite walls
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snow and ice slopes ⓘ |
| isAccessedFrom | Gangotri NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isConsidered | a testpiece for high-end alpinism ⓘ |
| isPopularWith | elite mountaineers ⓘ |
| isRenownedFor |
big-wall style climbing
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high objective hazards ⓘ technical difficulty ⓘ |
| isSubjectOf | 2015 documentary film "Meru" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isWithinProtectedArea | Gangotri National Park NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| liesInRange | Gangotri Group NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| liesNear |
Bhagirathi River headwaters
NERFINISHED
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Gangotri Glacier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Garhwal Himalayas
NERFINISHED
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India ⓘ Uttarakhand NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Himalayas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Garhwal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: Meru Peak Description of subject: Meru Peak is a prominent and technically challenging Himalayan mountain in the Indian Garhwal region, renowned among climbers for its steep granite faces and difficult ascents.
Referenced by (6)
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