Drygalski Ice Tongue
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Drygalski Ice Tongue is a long, prominent glacier extension projecting into the Ross Sea from Victoria Land in Antarctica.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Drygalski Ice Tongue canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6418439 — 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: Drygalski Ice Tongue Context triple: [Scott Coast, hasNearbyFeature, Drygalski Ice Tongue]
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A.
Dotson Ice Shelf
Dotson Ice Shelf is a floating extension of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet that drains into the Amundsen Sea and plays a significant role in regional ice loss and sea-level rise.
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B.
Neumayer Glacier
Neumayer Glacier is a major glacier in South Georgia that drains the slopes of the Allardyce Range toward the island’s northern coast.
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C.
Lazarev Ice Shelf
Lazarev Ice Shelf is a coastal ice shelf fringing the coast of Queen Maud Land in East Antarctica, forming part of the region’s extensive ice-covered shoreline.
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D.
Fimbul Ice Shelf
The Fimbul Ice Shelf is a large Antarctic ice shelf fringing the coast of Queen Maud Land along the eastern Weddell Sea.
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E.
Nordenskjöld Glacier
Nordenskjöld Glacier is a major glacier on South Georgia in the southern Atlantic Ocean, known for its dramatic ice flows descending from the island’s central mountains to the sea.
- 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: Drygalski Ice Tongue Target entity description: Drygalski Ice Tongue is a long, prominent glacier extension projecting into the Ross Sea from Victoria Land in Antarctica.
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A.
Dotson Ice Shelf
Dotson Ice Shelf is a floating extension of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet that drains into the Amundsen Sea and plays a significant role in regional ice loss and sea-level rise.
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B.
Neumayer Glacier
Neumayer Glacier is a major glacier in South Georgia that drains the slopes of the Allardyce Range toward the island’s northern coast.
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C.
Lazarev Ice Shelf
Lazarev Ice Shelf is a coastal ice shelf fringing the coast of Queen Maud Land in East Antarctica, forming part of the region’s extensive ice-covered shoreline.
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D.
Fimbul Ice Shelf
The Fimbul Ice Shelf is a large Antarctic ice shelf fringing the coast of Queen Maud Land along the eastern Weddell Sea.
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E.
Nordenskjöld Glacier
Nordenskjöld Glacier is a major glacier on South Georgia in the southern Atlantic Ocean, known for its dramatic ice flows descending from the island’s central mountains to the sea.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
glacier feature
ⓘ
ice tongue ⓘ |
| coast | Scott Coast ⓘ |
| continent | Antarctica ⓘ |
| country | Antarctica ⓘ |
| discoveredBy |
British National Antarctic Expedition
ⓘ
linked to:
British Antarctic Expedition
|
| discoveryYear | 1902 ⓘ |
| environment | polar climate ⓘ |
| exploredDuring | Discovery Expedition ⓘ |
| featureOf | Ross Sea coastline ⓘ |
| flowsFrom | David Glacier ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
crevassed surface
ⓘ
prominent seaward projection ⓘ |
| hasIceType | floating glacier tongue ⓘ |
| hasProcess | calving of icebergs ⓘ |
| length | approximately 70 kilometers ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Antarctica
ⓘ
Ross Sea ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Erich von Drygalski ⓘ |
| namedBy | Robert Falcon Scott ⓘ |
| near |
McMurdo Sound
ⓘ
Terra Nova Bay ⓘ |
| ocean | Southern Ocean ⓘ |
| partOf | Scott Coast ⓘ |
| projectsFrom | Victoria Land ⓘ |
| region | Victoria Land ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
glaciological studies
ⓘ
ocean–ice interaction research ⓘ |
| terminatesIn | Ross Sea ⓘ |
| width | up to about 24 kilometers ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Drygalski Ice Tongue Description of subject: Drygalski Ice Tongue is a long, prominent glacier extension projecting into the Ross Sea from Victoria Land in Antarctica.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.