Bow Glacier
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Bow Glacier is a mountain glacier in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, known for feeding Bow Lake and forming the headwaters of the Bow River.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bow Glacier canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7321482 — 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: Bow Glacier Context triple: [Bow River, sourceLocation, Bow Glacier]
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A.
Murchison Glacier
Murchison Glacier is a large valley glacier in New Zealand’s Southern Alps, flowing from the slopes near Aoraki / Mount Cook and contributing to the region’s alpine glacial landscape.
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B.
Barne Glacier
Barne Glacier is a small Antarctic glacier on Ross Island that flows north from the slopes of Mount Erebus into the Ross Ice Shelf.
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C.
Collier Glacier
Collier Glacier is a mountain glacier located on the slopes of the Three Sisters volcanic peaks in the Cascade Range of Oregon, known as one of the larger remaining glaciers in the state.
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D.
Renfrew Glacier
Renfrew Glacier is a mountain glacier located on the slopes of the Three Sisters volcanic peaks in the Cascade Range of Oregon.
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E.
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.
- 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: Bow Glacier Target entity description: Bow Glacier is a mountain glacier in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, known for feeding Bow Lake and forming the headwaters of the Bow River.
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A.
Murchison Glacier
Murchison Glacier is a large valley glacier in New Zealand’s Southern Alps, flowing from the slopes near Aoraki / Mount Cook and contributing to the region’s alpine glacial landscape.
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B.
Barne Glacier
Barne Glacier is a small Antarctic glacier on Ross Island that flows north from the slopes of Mount Erebus into the Ross Ice Shelf.
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C.
Collier Glacier
Collier Glacier is a mountain glacier located on the slopes of the Three Sisters volcanic peaks in the Cascade Range of Oregon, known as one of the larger remaining glaciers in the state.
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D.
Renfrew Glacier
Renfrew Glacier is a mountain glacier located on the slopes of the Three Sisters volcanic peaks in the Cascade Range of Oregon.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
glacier
ⓘ
mountain glacier ⓘ |
| climateZone | subarctic ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| drainage |
Bow River watershed
ⓘ
linked to:
Bow River
|
| feeds | Bow Lake NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| flowsToward | Bow Lake NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geologicalType | temperate valley glacier ⓘ |
| governedBy | Parks Canada ⓘ |
| hasGlacialLandforms |
moraines
ⓘ
outwash plain near Bow Lake ⓘ |
| hasImpactOn |
Bow Lake water level
ⓘ
Bow River flow regime ⓘ |
| hasMeltwaterOutflow | Bow River headwaters ⓘ |
| hasPhotographicSubject | glacial retreat monitoring ⓘ |
| hasResearchHistorySince | early 20th century ⓘ |
| hasRetreatedSince | mid-19th century ⓘ |
| hasSnowAndIceMass | seasonally variable ⓘ |
| hasTourismImportance | scenic attraction along Icefields Parkway ⓘ |
| hydrologicalBasin |
Hudson Bay drainage basin
ⓘ
Nelson River basin ⓘ
linked to:
Saskatchewan–Nelson River system
Saskatchewan River basin ⓘ
linked to:
Saskatchewan–Nelson River system
|
| locatedIn |
Alberta
ⓘ
Canadian Rockies ⓘ
linked to:
Alberta’s Rocky Mountains
|
| locatedInProtectedArea | Banff National Park ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Bow Peak
ⓘ
Crowfoot Glacier ⓘ Mount Thompson (Alberta) ⓘ
linked to:
Mount Thompson
Peyto Glacier ⓘ |
| locatedOn | eastern side of the Wapta Icefield ⓘ |
| nearestHighway |
Icefields Parkway
ⓘ
linked to:
Icefields Parkway section
|
| nearestLake | Bow Lake NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearestTown |
Field, British Columbia
ⓘ
Lake Louise, Alberta ⓘ
linked to:
Lake Louise
|
| partOf | Wapta Icefield ⓘ |
| partOfMountainRange |
Canadian Rockies
ⓘ
linked to:
Rocky Mountains
Rocky Mountains ⓘ |
| protectedAreaDesignation | national park reserve ⓘ |
| provinceOrState | Alberta ⓘ |
| region | Western Canada ⓘ |
| retreatRelatedTo | climate change ⓘ |
| sourceOf | Bow River ⓘ |
| usedFor |
climate change research
ⓘ
hydrological studies ⓘ |
| visibleFrom | Icefields Parkway viewpoints near Bow Lake ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Bow Glacier Description of subject: Bow Glacier is a mountain glacier in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, known for feeding Bow Lake and forming the headwaters of the Bow River.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.