Ghiacciaio del Leone
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Ghiacciaio del Leone is a mountain glacier situated on the slopes of Monte Leone in the Lepontine Alps on the border between Switzerland and Italy.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ghiacciaio del Leone canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6885527 — 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: Ghiacciaio del Leone Context triple: [Monte Leone, hasGlacier, Ghiacciaio del Leone]
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A.
Glacier du Géant
Glacier du Géant is a major high-altitude glacier in the Mont Blanc massif of the Alps, known for feeding the famous Mer de Glace and for its dramatic crevassed icefields popular with mountaineers.
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B.
Miage Glacier
Miage Glacier is a large valley glacier on the Italian side of the Mont Blanc massif, notable for its extensive debris-covered surface.
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C.
Scimitar Glacier
Scimitar Glacier is a prominent mountain glacier on the slopes of Glacier Peak in Washington’s North Cascades.
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D.
Academy of Sciences Glacier
Academy of Sciences Glacier is a major Arctic ice cap located on the Severnaya Zemlya archipelago in Russia, known as one of the largest glaciers in the Russian High Arctic.
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E.
Letnitsa Glacier
Letnitsa Glacier is a glacier located on Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica.
- 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: Ghiacciaio del Leone Target entity description: Ghiacciaio del Leone is a mountain glacier situated on the slopes of Monte Leone in the Lepontine Alps on the border between Switzerland and Italy.
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A.
Glacier du Géant
Glacier du Géant is a major high-altitude glacier in the Mont Blanc massif of the Alps, known for feeding the famous Mer de Glace and for its dramatic crevassed icefields popular with mountaineers.
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B.
Miage Glacier
Miage Glacier is a large valley glacier on the Italian side of the Mont Blanc massif, notable for its extensive debris-covered surface.
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C.
Scimitar Glacier
Scimitar Glacier is a prominent mountain glacier on the slopes of Glacier Peak in Washington’s North Cascades.
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D.
Academy of Sciences Glacier
Academy of Sciences Glacier is a major Arctic ice cap located on the Severnaya Zemlya archipelago in Russia, known as one of the largest glaciers in the Russian High Arctic.
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E.
Letnitsa Glacier
Letnitsa Glacier is a glacier located on Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
glacier
ⓘ
mountain glacier ⓘ |
| climateZone | alpine climate ⓘ |
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| country |
Italy
ⓘ
Switzerland ⓘ |
| drainageBasin |
Rhône basin
ⓘ
linked to:
Rhône river basin
|
| geologicalType | valley glacier ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
crevasses
ⓘ
snow and ice cover ⓘ |
| hasLanguageVariantName |
Glacier du Leone
ⓘ
linked to:
Monte Leone Glacier
Lion Glacier ⓘ |
| isPartOfProtectedArea | Alpine region ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Canton of Valais
ⓘ
Piedmont ⓘ |
| locatedInMountainRange | Lepontine Alps ⓘ |
| locatedOnBorderBetween |
Italy
ⓘ
Switzerland ⓘ |
| locatedOnMountain | Monte Leone ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Monte Leone ⓘ |
| naturalPlaceType | glacier ⓘ |
| partOf | Alps ⓘ |
| region |
Alpine region of Italy
ⓘ
Alpine region of Switzerland ⓘ |
| usedFor |
alpine climbing routes on Monte Leone
ⓘ
mountaineering ⓘ |
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: Ghiacciaio del Leone Description of subject: Ghiacciaio del Leone is a mountain glacier situated on the slopes of Monte Leone in the Lepontine Alps on the border between Switzerland and Italy.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Punta del Leone