Mistaken Point, Newfoundland, Canada
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Mistaken Point in Newfoundland, Canada is a globally significant fossil site and UNESCO World Heritage location renowned for its exceptionally well-preserved Ediacaran-period soft-bodied organisms.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Mistaken Point, Newfoundland, Canada canonical | 3 |
| Green Point, Newfoundland, Canada | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9128727 — 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: Mistaken Point, Newfoundland, Canada Context triple: [Fractofusus, firstDescribedFrom, Mistaken Point, Newfoundland, Canada]
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A.
Cape Bonavista
Cape Bonavista is a historic headland on the northeast coast of Newfoundland, Canada, known for its rugged cliffs, lighthouse, and significance as one of the first landing sites of European explorers in North America.
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B.
Harbour Grace, Newfoundland
Harbour Grace, Newfoundland is a historic coastal town on Conception Bay known as one of the oldest settlements in North America and an important early fishing and maritime center.
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C.
Cape Tormentine, New Brunswick
Cape Tormentine, New Brunswick is a small coastal community in eastern Canada that historically served as a key ferry terminus linking the mainland to Prince Edward Island across the Northumberland Strait.
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Hant's Harbour
Hant's Harbour is a small coastal community and fishing settlement located on the eastern side of Newfoundland, Canada.
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E.
Cape Jourimain, New Brunswick
Cape Jourimain, New Brunswick is a coastal area at the southeastern tip of the province known for its wildlife-rich nature centre and as the New Brunswick landfall of the Confederation Bridge to Prince Edward Island.
- 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: Mistaken Point, Newfoundland, Canada Target entity description: Mistaken Point in Newfoundland, Canada is a globally significant fossil site and UNESCO World Heritage location renowned for its exceptionally well-preserved Ediacaran-period soft-bodied organisms.
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A.
Cape Bonavista
Cape Bonavista is a historic headland on the northeast coast of Newfoundland, Canada, known for its rugged cliffs, lighthouse, and significance as one of the first landing sites of European explorers in North America.
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B.
Harbour Grace, Newfoundland
Harbour Grace, Newfoundland is a historic coastal town on Conception Bay known as one of the oldest settlements in North America and an important early fishing and maritime center.
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C.
Cape Tormentine, New Brunswick
Cape Tormentine, New Brunswick is a small coastal community in eastern Canada that historically served as a key ferry terminus linking the mainland to Prince Edward Island across the Northumberland Strait.
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D.
Hant's Harbour
Hant's Harbour is a small coastal community and fishing settlement located on the eastern side of Newfoundland, Canada.
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E.
Cape Jourimain, New Brunswick
Cape Jourimain, New Brunswick is a coastal area at the southeastern tip of the province known for its wildlife-rich nature centre and as the New Brunswick landfall of the Confederation Bridge to Prince Edward Island.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
UNESCO World Heritage Site
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fossil site ⓘ paleontological site ⓘ |
| access | guided tours only ⓘ |
| conservationGoal | protection of in-situ fossil surfaces ⓘ |
| containsFossilsOf |
Ediacaran biota
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early complex multicellular life ⓘ frond-like organisms ⓘ rangeomorphs ⓘ soft-bodied organisms ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| discoveryPeriod | 1960s ⓘ |
| ecosystemType | coastal heath and barrens ⓘ |
| geologicalAge |
late Ediacaran
ⓘ
linked to:
Ediacaran Period
|
| geologicalPeriod |
Ediacaran
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linked to:
Ediacaran Period
|
| governingBody | Government of Newfoundland and Labrador ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
coastal cliffs
ⓘ
extensive fossil-bearing bedding planes ⓘ wave-cut rock platforms ⓘ |
| knownFor |
earliest large complex organisms
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exceptional preservation of soft-bodied fossils ⓘ in-situ fossil assemblages on bedding planes ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Newfoundland and Labrador
ⓘ
Newfoundland, Canada ⓘ
linked to:
Newfoundland region
southeastern Newfoundland ⓘ |
| locatedOn |
Atlantic coast
ⓘ
Avalon Peninsula ⓘ |
| managedAs | ecological reserve ⓘ |
| nearestCommunity | Portugal Cove South ⓘ |
| partOf |
Avalon terrane
ⓘ
Mistaken Point Ecological Reserve ⓘ |
| protectedAreaDesignation | Mistaken Point Ecological Reserve ⓘ |
| recognizedBy | UNESCO ⓘ |
| recognizedFor | outstanding record of early multicellular life ⓘ |
| rockType |
fine-grained marine sedimentary rocks
ⓘ
turbidites ⓘ |
| scientificDiscipline |
evolutionary biology
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paleontology ⓘ stratigraphy ⓘ |
| significance |
globally significant Ediacaran fossil site
ⓘ
key site for study of early animal evolution ⓘ |
| timeRangeOfFossils | approximately 580–560 million years ago ⓘ |
| tourismType | geotourism ⓘ |
| UNESCOInscriptionYear | 2016 ⓘ |
| UNESCOSiteCategory | Natural ⓘ |
| UNESCOSiteCriteria | (viii) ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageStatus | inscribed ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Mistaken Point, Newfoundland, Canada Description of subject: Mistaken Point in Newfoundland, Canada is a globally significant fossil site and UNESCO World Heritage location renowned for its exceptionally well-preserved Ediacaran-period soft-bodied organisms.
Referenced by (4)
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linked to: Mistaken Point, Newfoundland, Canada