Unteraar Glacier
E571083
Unteraar Glacier is a major valley glacier in the Bernese Alps of Switzerland, known as one of the source glaciers of the Aare River and a classic site of early glaciological research.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Unteraar Glacier canonical | 6 |
| Unteraar Glacier basin | 1 |
| Unteraar Glacier system | 1 |
| Unteraar glaciological observatory | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5750725 — 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: Unteraar Glacier Context triple: [Lauteraarhorn, nearGlacier, Unteraar Glacier]
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A.
Blüemlisalp Glacier
Blüemlisalp Glacier is a mountain glacier in the Bernese Alps of Switzerland, lying on the northern slopes of the Blüemlisalp massif and contributing to the region’s high-alpine landscape.
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B.
Stubai Glacier
Stubai Glacier is a major ski and glacier area in the Austrian Alps, known for its extensive high-altitude slopes and year-round skiing opportunities.
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C.
Hintertux Glacier
Hintertux Glacier is a high-altitude, year-round ski and snowboard area in the Austrian Alps known for its extensive glacier slopes and reliable snow conditions.
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D.
Forel Glacier
Forel Glacier is one of the small equatorial glaciers on Mount Kenya in Kenya’s central highlands.
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E.
Hohlichtgletscher
Hohlichtgletscher is a mountain glacier in the Swiss Alps situated on the slopes of the Ober Gabelhorn.
- 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: Unteraar Glacier Target entity description: Unteraar Glacier is a major valley glacier in the Bernese Alps of Switzerland, known as one of the source glaciers of the Aare River and a classic site of early glaciological research.
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A.
Blüemlisalp Glacier
Blüemlisalp Glacier is a mountain glacier in the Bernese Alps of Switzerland, lying on the northern slopes of the Blüemlisalp massif and contributing to the region’s high-alpine landscape.
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B.
Stubai Glacier
Stubai Glacier is a major ski and glacier area in the Austrian Alps, known for its extensive high-altitude slopes and year-round skiing opportunities.
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C.
Hintertux Glacier
Hintertux Glacier is a high-altitude, year-round ski and snowboard area in the Austrian Alps known for its extensive glacier slopes and reliable snow conditions.
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D.
Forel Glacier
Forel Glacier is one of the small equatorial glaciers on Mount Kenya in Kenya’s central highlands.
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E.
Hohlichtgletscher
Hohlichtgletscher is a mountain glacier in the Swiss Alps situated on the slopes of the Ober Gabelhorn.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | valley glacier ⓘ |
| affectedBy | climate change ⓘ |
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| country | Switzerland ⓘ |
| drainageBasin |
Rhine basin
ⓘ
linked to:
Rhine River Basin
|
| fedBy |
Finsteraargletscher
ⓘ
Lauteraargletscher ⓘ |
| flowsInto |
Aare Glacier
ⓘ
linked to:
Lauteraargletscher
|
| glacierType | temperate glacier ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
crevasses
ⓘ
glacial stream ⓘ icefall ⓘ |
| hasMoraineType |
lateral moraine
ⓘ
medial moraine ⓘ terminal moraine ⓘ |
| hasProcess | glacial retreat ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | classic site of 19th-century glaciology ⓘ |
| hydrologicalRole | headwater glacier of the Aare ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being one of the source glaciers of the Aare River
ⓘ
early glaciological research ⓘ long-term glacier monitoring ⓘ |
| languageOfToponym | German ⓘ |
| length | about 12 kilometres ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Bernese Alps
ⓘ
Grimsel region ⓘ
linked to:
Grimsel area
canton of Bern ⓘ |
| monitoredBy |
Swiss glacier monitoring network
ⓘ
linked to:
Swiss Glacier Monitoring Network
|
| mountainRange | Bernese Alps ⓘ |
| nameInGerman | Unteraargletscher ⓘ |
| near |
Finsteraarhorn
ⓘ
Grimsel Pass ⓘ Lauteraarhorn ⓘ Schreckhorn ⓘ |
| partOf |
Aare Glacier system
ⓘ
linked to:
Lauteraargletscher
Swiss Alps ⓘ |
| region | Bernese Oberland ⓘ |
| researchStation |
Unteraar glaciological observatory
ⓘ
linked to:
Unteraar Glacier
|
| riverBasin | Aare basin ⓘ |
| sourceOf |
Aare River
ⓘ
linked to:
Aare
|
| sourceRegionOf | Aare headwaters ⓘ |
| studiedBy |
François-Alphonse Forel
ⓘ
Louis Agassiz ⓘ |
| terminusElevation | about 2200 metres above sea level ⓘ |
| tourismActivity |
alpine hiking
ⓘ
mountaineering ⓘ |
| valleyType | glacial valley ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Unteraar Glacier Description of subject: Unteraar Glacier is a major valley glacier in the Bernese Alps of Switzerland, known as one of the source glaciers of the Aare River and a classic site of early glaciological research.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Unteraar Glacier
linked to: Unteraar Glacier
linked to: Unteraar Glacier