Scott Glacier
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Scott Glacier is a major Antarctic glacier in the Transantarctic Mountains that flows southward into the Ross Ice Shelf.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Scott Glacier canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6418397 — 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: Scott Glacier Context triple: [Ross Ice Shelf, terminusOf, Scott Glacier]
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A.
Gregory Glacier
Gregory Glacier is one of the small equatorial glaciers located on the slopes of Mount Kenya in central Kenya.
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B.
Lyell Glacier
Lyell Glacier is a rapidly retreating mountain glacier in Yosemite National Park, historically the largest glacier in the park and situated on the slopes of Mount Lyell in the Sierra Nevada of California.
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C.
Lyell Glacier
Lyell Glacier is a prominent glacier located within the Allardyce Range on the subantarctic island of South Georgia in the southern Atlantic Ocean.
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D.
Skinner Glacier
Skinner Glacier is a glacier associated with the Three Sisters region, known as part of the glaciated landscape surrounding this notable mountain group.
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E.
Smith Glacier
Smith Glacier is a fast-flowing Antarctic glacier that drains part of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet into the Amundsen Sea and is notable for its rapid thinning and contribution to sea-level rise.
- 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: Scott Glacier Target entity description: Scott Glacier is a major Antarctic glacier in the Transantarctic Mountains that flows southward into the Ross Ice Shelf.
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A.
Gregory Glacier
Gregory Glacier is one of the small equatorial glaciers located on the slopes of Mount Kenya in central Kenya.
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B.
Lyell Glacier
Lyell Glacier is a rapidly retreating mountain glacier in Yosemite National Park, historically the largest glacier in the park and situated on the slopes of Mount Lyell in the Sierra Nevada of California.
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C.
Lyell Glacier
Lyell Glacier is a prominent glacier located within the Allardyce Range on the subantarctic island of South Georgia in the southern Atlantic Ocean.
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D.
Skinner Glacier
Skinner Glacier is a glacier associated with the Three Sisters region, known as part of the glaciated landscape surrounding this notable mountain group.
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E.
Smith Glacier
Smith Glacier is a fast-flowing Antarctic glacier that drains part of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet into the Amundsen Sea and is notable for its rapid thinning and contribution to sea-level rise.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | glacier ⓘ |
| classification | valley glacier ⓘ |
| continent | Antarctica ⓘ |
| countryClaim | New Zealand ⓘ |
| discoveredBy |
Byrd Antarctic Expedition
ⓘ
linked to:
Byrd Antarctic Expedition I
|
| discoveryEra | early 20th century ⓘ |
| drainageBasin | Ross Ice Shelf ⓘ |
| environment | polar ⓘ |
| flowDirection | southward ⓘ |
| flowsInto | Ross Ice Shelf ⓘ |
| geologicalSetting | boundary between East Antarctica and West Antarctica ⓘ |
| hasClimate | cold desert climate ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
crevassed lower reaches
ⓘ
steep gradient near the Transantarctic Mountains ⓘ |
| hasResearchActivity |
geological mapping along its margins
ⓘ
glaciological studies ⓘ |
| hazard | crevasses ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
East Antarctic Ice Sheet drainage system
ⓘ
linked to:
Antarctic ice sheet drainage system
|
| locatedIn |
Antarctica
ⓘ
Transantarctic Mountains ⓘ |
| mountainRange | Transantarctic Mountains ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Robert Falcon Scott ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being one of the major outlet glaciers of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet
ⓘ
forming a route from the polar plateau to the Ross Ice Shelf ⓘ |
| partOf | Ross Dependency ⓘ |
| region |
Ross Ice Shelf sector
ⓘ
linked to:
Ross Ice Shelf
|
| surfaceType | ice ⓘ |
| terminus | Ross Ice Shelf ⓘ |
| usedAs | route for scientific traverses ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Scott Glacier Description of subject: Scott Glacier is a major Antarctic glacier in the Transantarctic Mountains that flows southward into the Ross Ice Shelf.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.