Kiska Volcano
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Kiska Volcano is an active stratovolcano in the Aleutian Islands of Alaska, known for its historical eruptions and remote, rugged setting.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kiska Volcano canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6036853 — 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: Kiska Volcano Context triple: [Kiska Island, hasVolcano, Kiska Volcano]
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A.
Raikoke Volcano
Raikoke Volcano is an uninhabited stratovolcano in Russia’s Kuril Islands, notable for its powerful explosive eruptions and significant ash plumes that can disrupt air traffic.
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B.
Vsevidof Volcano
Vsevidof Volcano is a prominent stratovolcano in the Aleutian Islands of Alaska, known for its symmetrical cone and occasional explosive eruptions.
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C.
Ebeko Volcano
Ebeko Volcano is an active stratovolcano on Paramushir Island in Russia’s Kuril Islands, known for its frequent explosive eruptions and vigorous fumarolic activity.
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D.
Ushishir Volcano
Ushishir Volcano is an active volcanic complex forming part of a partially submerged caldera in the central Kuril Islands of Russia.
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E.
Severgin Volcano
Severgin Volcano is a stratovolcano located in Russia’s Kuril Islands, part of the volcanic arc stretching between Japan and Kamchatka.
- 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: Kiska Volcano Target entity description: Kiska Volcano is an active stratovolcano in the Aleutian Islands of Alaska, known for its historical eruptions and remote, rugged setting.
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A.
Raikoke Volcano
Raikoke Volcano is an uninhabited stratovolcano in Russia’s Kuril Islands, notable for its powerful explosive eruptions and significant ash plumes that can disrupt air traffic.
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B.
Vsevidof Volcano
Vsevidof Volcano is a prominent stratovolcano in the Aleutian Islands of Alaska, known for its symmetrical cone and occasional explosive eruptions.
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C.
Ebeko Volcano
Ebeko Volcano is an active stratovolcano on Paramushir Island in Russia’s Kuril Islands, known for its frequent explosive eruptions and vigorous fumarolic activity.
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D.
Ushishir Volcano
Ushishir Volcano is an active volcanic complex forming part of a partially submerged caldera in the central Kuril Islands of Russia.
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E.
Severgin Volcano
Severgin Volcano is a stratovolcano located in Russia’s Kuril Islands, part of the volcanic arc stretching between Japan and Kamchatka.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
active volcano
ⓘ
stratovolcano ⓘ |
| access | only by boat or aircraft ⓘ |
| climate | subarctic maritime ⓘ |
| composition |
andesitic
ⓘ
basaltic-andesite ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| elevation |
1221 m
ⓘ
4006 ft ⓘ |
| eruptionHistory | documented eruptions in the 20th century ⓘ |
| eruptionStyle |
strombolian
ⓘ
vulcanian ⓘ |
| geologicalAge | Holocene NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasActivity |
fumarolic activity
ⓘ
seismic unrest ⓘ |
| hasCrater | summit crater ⓘ |
| hasName | Kiska Volcano NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNearbySettlement | abandoned World War II military facilities ⓘ |
| hazardType |
ashfall
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lava flows ⓘ volcanic gas emissions ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | proximity to World War II Aleutian campaign sites ⓘ |
| islandType | volcanic island ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Rat Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
historical eruptions
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remote location ⓘ rugged terrain ⓘ |
| lastEruption | 1964 ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Alaska
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Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge NERFINISHED ⓘ Aleutian Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ Aleutians West Census Area NERFINISHED ⓘ Kiska Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| monitoredBy | Alaska Volcano Observatory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mountainRange | Aleutian Arc NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nameLanguage | English ⓘ |
| nearbyWaterBody |
Bering Sea
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
North Pacific Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| onPlate | North American Plate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| overlies | subducting Pacific Plate ⓘ |
| protectedAreaStatus | within a U.S. National Wildlife Refuge ⓘ |
| region | North Pacific volcanic belt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| summitType | symmetrical stratovolcano ⓘ |
| surfaceFeature |
lava flows on flanks
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tephra deposits ⓘ |
| tectonicSetting |
convergent plate boundary
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subduction zone ⓘ |
| volcanicArcOrBelt | Aleutian volcanic arc 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
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Kiska Volcano Description of subject: Kiska Volcano is an active stratovolcano in the Aleutian Islands of Alaska, known for its historical eruptions and remote, rugged setting.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.