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 (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Meru | 6 |
| Meru Peak canonical | 5 |
| eastern peak known as Meru East | 1 |
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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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
- 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
ⓘ
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 ⓘ |
| hasHazard |
avalanches
ⓘ
rockfall ⓘ severe weather ⓘ |
| hasNotableFeature |
central peak known as Meru Central
ⓘ
eastern peak known as Meru East ⓘ
linked to:
Meru Peak
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
ⓘ
about 6660 m ⓘ |
| hasTerrain |
granite walls
ⓘ
snow and ice slopes ⓘ |
| isAccessedFrom |
Gangotri
ⓘ
linked to:
Gangotri Glacier
|
| isConsidered | a testpiece for high-end alpinism ⓘ |
| isPopularWith | elite mountaineers ⓘ |
| isRenownedFor |
big-wall style climbing
ⓘ
high objective hazards ⓘ technical difficulty ⓘ |
| isSubjectOf | 2015 documentary film "Meru" ⓘ |
| isWithinProtectedArea | Gangotri National Park ⓘ |
| liesInRange | Gangotri Group ⓘ |
| liesNear |
Bhagirathi River headwaters
ⓘ
linked to:
Bhagirathi River
Gangotri Glacier ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Garhwal Himalayas
ⓘ
linked to:
Garhwal Himalaya
India ⓘ Uttarakhand ⓘ |
| partOf | Himalayas ⓘ |
| region | Garhwal ⓘ |
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 (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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