Kluane Icefield
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Kluane Icefield is a vast, high-altitude icefield in the St. Elias Mountains of the Yukon, known for its extensive glaciers and role in one of the world’s largest non-polar icefields.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kluane Icefield canonical | 2 |
| Kluane Icefields | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7601488 — 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: Kluane Icefield Context triple: [Kluane National Park and Reserve, hasFeature, Kluane Icefield]
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A.
Columbia Icefield
Columbia Icefield is a vast glacial expanse in the Canadian Rockies, known as one of the largest icefields in North America and a major source of several important glaciers and rivers.
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B.
Northern Icefield
The Northern Icefield is one of the principal remaining ice caps atop Mount Kilimanjaro, notable for its rapidly retreating tropical glaciers.
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C.
Wapta Icefield
Wapta Icefield is a large glacial icefield in the Canadian Rockies spanning the Continental Divide and feeding several major valley glaciers and lakes in Yoho and Banff National Parks.
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D.
Homathko Icefield
Homathko Icefield is a large, remote icefield in the southern Coast Mountains of British Columbia, Canada, known for its extensive glaciation and rugged alpine terrain.
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E.
Southern Icefield
Southern Icefield is one of the principal glacier fields on Mount Kilimanjaro, forming part of the mountain’s rapidly shrinking ice cap near its summit.
- 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: Kluane Icefield Target entity description: Kluane Icefield is a vast, high-altitude icefield in the St. Elias Mountains of the Yukon, known for its extensive glaciers and role in one of the world’s largest non-polar icefields.
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A.
Columbia Icefield
Columbia Icefield is a vast glacial expanse in the Canadian Rockies, known as one of the largest icefields in North America and a major source of several important glaciers and rivers.
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B.
Northern Icefield
The Northern Icefield is one of the principal remaining ice caps atop Mount Kilimanjaro, notable for its rapidly retreating tropical glaciers.
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C.
Wapta Icefield
Wapta Icefield is a large glacial icefield in the Canadian Rockies spanning the Continental Divide and feeding several major valley glaciers and lakes in Yoho and Banff National Parks.
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D.
Homathko Icefield
Homathko Icefield is a large, remote icefield in the southern Coast Mountains of British Columbia, Canada, known for its extensive glaciation and rugged alpine terrain.
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E.
Southern Icefield
Southern Icefield is one of the principal glacier fields on Mount Kilimanjaro, forming part of the mountain’s rapidly shrinking ice cap near its summit.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
glaciological feature
ⓘ
icefield ⓘ |
| borders |
Kluane National Park and Reserve
ⓘ
Wrangell–St. Elias National Park and Preserve ⓘ |
| contains | extensive glaciers ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| drainsInto |
Alsek River basin
ⓘ
linked to:
Alsek River
Yukon River tributaries ⓘ |
| elevationRange | high mountain elevations ⓘ |
| geologicalSetting | active orogenic belt ⓘ |
| hasAccessibility |
limited overland access
ⓘ
primarily by ski plane ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
heavily glaciated
ⓘ
high-altitude ⓘ vast ⓘ |
| hasClimate |
polar-influenced
ⓘ
subarctic ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
crevassed glacier surfaces
ⓘ
ice caps ⓘ snowfields ⓘ |
| hasHazard |
avalanches
ⓘ
glacier crevasses ⓘ severe weather conditions ⓘ |
| hasImportance |
freshwater storage
ⓘ
sea-level rise studies ⓘ |
| hasProcess |
crevasse formation
ⓘ
ice flow toward outlet glaciers ⓘ surface melting in summer ⓘ |
| hasProtectionStatus | within protected areas network of Kluane region ⓘ |
| hasResearchStations | seasonal glaciology camps ⓘ |
| hasSnowAccumulation | high annual snowfall ⓘ |
| knownFor |
large continuous ice cover
ⓘ
major outlet glaciers ⓘ role in climate and glacier research ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Canada
ⓘ
St. Elias Mountains ⓘ
linked to:
Saint Elias Mountains
Yukon ⓘ |
| near |
Canada–United States border
ⓘ
Mount Logan ⓘ |
| partOf |
Kluane National Park and Reserve region
ⓘ
linked to:
Kluane National Park and Reserve
North American Cordillera glaciation ⓘ
linked to:
Cordilleran Ice Sheet
St. Elias Mountains icefield complex ⓘ
linked to:
St. Elias Mountains glacial system
one of the world’s largest non-polar icefields ⓘ |
| usedFor |
climate change studies
ⓘ
glaciological research ⓘ mountaineering ⓘ ski expeditions ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Kluane Icefield Description of subject: Kluane Icefield is a vast, high-altitude icefield in the St. Elias Mountains of the Yukon, known for its extensive glaciers and role in one of the world’s largest non-polar icefields.
Referenced by (3)
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linked to: Kluane Icefield