Old Bahama Channel
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Old Bahama Channel is a narrow strait in the Atlantic Ocean that separates Cuba from the Bahamas and serves as an important shipping route between the Gulf of Mexico and the open Atlantic.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Old Bahama Channel canonical | 5 |
| Bahama Channel | 1 |
| Bahamas Channel | 1 |
| New Bahama Channel | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8112686 — 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: Old Bahama Channel Context triple: [Cuban archipelago, borderedBySea, Old Bahama Channel]
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A.
Bahama Passage
Bahama Passage is a mid-20th-century work by Sterling Relyea Walter (better known as author and screenwriter John W. Campbell Jr.), reflecting his early career in popular fiction.
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B.
Great South Channel
The Great South Channel is a major submarine passage off the northeastern United States that separates Georges Bank from Cape Cod and serves as an important route for water exchange and marine life between the open Atlantic and the Gulf of Maine.
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C.
Straits of Florida
The Straits of Florida is the narrow body of water between the Florida Keys and Cuba that connects the Gulf of Mexico with the Atlantic Ocean and forms a major shipping and ocean current passage.
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D.
Jaco Strait
Jaco Strait is a narrow body of water off the eastern tip of Timor that separates Jaco Island from the main island.
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E.
Boyd Strait
Boyd Strait is a marine passage in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica, lying between Smith Island and Snow Island and forming part of the region’s coastal seaways.
- 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: Old Bahama Channel Target entity description: Old Bahama Channel is a narrow strait in the Atlantic Ocean that separates Cuba from the Bahamas and serves as an important shipping route between the Gulf of Mexico and the open Atlantic.
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A.
Bahama Passage
Bahama Passage is a mid-20th-century work by Sterling Relyea Walter (better known as author and screenwriter John W. Campbell Jr.), reflecting his early career in popular fiction.
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B.
Great South Channel
The Great South Channel is a major submarine passage off the northeastern United States that separates Georges Bank from Cape Cod and serves as an important route for water exchange and marine life between the open Atlantic and the Gulf of Maine.
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C.
Straits of Florida
The Straits of Florida is the narrow body of water between the Florida Keys and Cuba that connects the Gulf of Mexico with the Atlantic Ocean and forms a major shipping and ocean current passage.
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D.
Jaco Strait
Jaco Strait is a narrow body of water off the eastern tip of Timor that separates Jaco Island from the main island.
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E.
Boyd Strait
Boyd Strait is a marine passage in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica, lying between Smith Island and Snow Island and forming part of the region’s coastal seaways.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | strait ⓘ |
| belongsTo |
Bahamas archipelago maritime zone
ⓘ
Cuban maritime zone ⓘ |
| connects |
Gulf of Mexico
ⓘ
open Atlantic Ocean ⓘ |
| countryBorder |
Bahamas
ⓘ
Cuba ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeClassification | marine strait ⓘ |
| hasCurrents | strong tidal and ocean currents ⓘ |
| hasNameOrigin |
Bahama Islands
ⓘ
linked to:
Bahamas
|
| hasStrategicImportance |
commercial shipping
ⓘ
maritime trade ⓘ |
| hasWaterBodyType | saltwater ⓘ |
| isDistinguishedFrom |
New Bahama Channel
ⓘ
linked to:
Old Bahama Channel
|
| isNavigationHazardArea | yes ⓘ |
| isParallelTo |
northern coast of Cuba
ⓘ
southern edge of Great Bahama Bank ⓘ |
| isPartOfRoute | shipping routes between Caribbean Sea and North Atlantic ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Atlantic Ocean ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | Greater Antilles vicinity ⓘ |
| locatedNorthOf | Cuba ⓘ |
| locatedSouthOf | Bahamas ⓘ |
| oceanPartOf |
North Atlantic Ocean
ⓘ
linked to:
North Atlantic
|
| partOf |
Caribbean Sea region
ⓘ
linked to:
Greater Caribbean region
marine navigation routes between Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Ocean ⓘ |
| separates |
Cuba
ⓘ
The Bahamas ⓘ
linked to:
Bahamas
|
| usedFor | shipping route ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Old Bahama Channel Description of subject: Old Bahama Channel is a narrow strait in the Atlantic Ocean that separates Cuba from the Bahamas and serves as an important shipping route between the Gulf of Mexico and the open Atlantic.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Old Bahama Channel
linked to: Old Bahama Channel
linked to: Old Bahama Channel