Tiedemann Glacier
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Tiedemann Glacier is a major valley glacier in the Coast Mountains of British Columbia, Canada, flowing from the slopes of Mount Waddington.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tiedemann Glacier canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5967562 — 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: Tiedemann Glacier Context triple: [Mount Waddington, hasGlacier, Tiedemann Glacier]
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A.
Steffen Glacier
Steffen Glacier is a major outlet glacier draining the Northern Patagonian Ice Field in southern Chile, known for its remote location and contribution to regional freshwater and sea-level changes.
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B.
Contell Glacier
Contell Glacier is a small glacier located on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica.
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C.
Furtwängler Glacier
Furtwängler Glacier is a small, rapidly shrinking ice cap near the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, notable as one of the mountain’s last remaining glaciers.
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D.
Ritter Glacier
Ritter Glacier is a mountain glacier associated with California’s Mount Ritter in the Sierra Nevada range.
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E.
Herbert Glacier
Herbert Glacier is a valley glacier near Juneau, Alaska, known for its accessible hiking trails and striking ice formations within the Juneau Icefield region.
- 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: Tiedemann Glacier Target entity description: Tiedemann Glacier is a major valley glacier in the Coast Mountains of British Columbia, Canada, flowing from the slopes of Mount Waddington.
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A.
Steffen Glacier
Steffen Glacier is a major outlet glacier draining the Northern Patagonian Ice Field in southern Chile, known for its remote location and contribution to regional freshwater and sea-level changes.
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B.
Contell Glacier
Contell Glacier is a small glacier located on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica.
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C.
Furtwängler Glacier
Furtwängler Glacier is a small, rapidly shrinking ice cap near the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, notable as one of the mountain’s last remaining glaciers.
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D.
Ritter Glacier
Ritter Glacier is a mountain glacier associated with California’s Mount Ritter in the Sierra Nevada range.
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E.
Herbert Glacier
Herbert Glacier is a valley glacier near Juneau, Alaska, known for its accessible hiking trails and striking ice formations within the Juneau Icefield region.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | valley glacier ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| drainage | Tiedemann Creek ⓘ |
| drains | eastern slopes of Mount Waddington ⓘ |
| environment | maritime alpine climate zone ⓘ |
| flowsFrom | Mount Waddington ⓘ |
| glaciologicalType | temperate glacier ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
crevassed icefall sections
ⓘ
large accumulation zone ⓘ prominent medial moraines ⓘ |
| hasPhotoSubject |
Mount Waddington massif
ⓘ
linked to:
Mount Waddington
|
| hasUse |
alpine climbing approach
ⓘ
mountaineering access route to Mount Waddington ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
British Columbia
ⓘ
Coast Mountains ⓘ southwestern British Columbia ⓘ |
| locatedOn | slopes of Mount Waddington ⓘ |
| mountainRange | Coast Mountains ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Hermann Otto Tiedemann ⓘ |
| near |
Combatant Mountain
ⓘ
Franklin Glacier ⓘ Homathko Icefield ⓘ Spearman Peak ⓘ Tiedemann Tower ⓘ |
| partOf |
Coast Mountains glaciation
ⓘ
Waddington Range glacial system ⓘ |
| province | British Columbia ⓘ |
| region | Pacific Ranges ⓘ |
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: Tiedemann Glacier Description of subject: Tiedemann Glacier is a major valley glacier in the Coast Mountains of British Columbia, Canada, flowing from the slopes of Mount Waddington.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.