Nimitz Glacier
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Nimitz Glacier is a major glacier in Antarctica flowing along the eastern side of the Sentinel Range in the Ellsworth Mountains.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nimitz Glacier canonical | 6 |
| Nimitz Glacier basin | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8704068 — 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: Nimitz Glacier Context triple: [Sentinel Range, contains, Nimitz Glacier]
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A.
Amundsen Glacier
Amundsen Glacier is a major Antarctic glacier that flows from the interior of the continent into the Ross Ice Shelf.
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B.
Aialik Glacier
Aialik Glacier is a large, actively calving tidewater glacier on Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula, popular for boat tours and wildlife viewing within Kenai Fjords National Park.
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C.
Sphinx Glacier
Sphinx Glacier is a mountain glacier located in British Columbia’s Coast Mountains, within Garibaldi Provincial Park, known for its rugged alpine terrain and proximity to Garibaldi Lake.
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D.
Scott Glacier
Scott Glacier is a major Antarctic glacier in the Transantarctic Mountains that flows southward into the Ross Ice Shelf.
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E.
Otto Sverdrup Glacier
Otto Sverdrup Glacier is a large tidewater glacier in northeastern Greenland named after the Norwegian explorer Otto Sverdrup.
- 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: Nimitz Glacier Target entity description: Nimitz Glacier is a major glacier in Antarctica flowing along the eastern side of the Sentinel Range in the Ellsworth Mountains.
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A.
Amundsen Glacier
Amundsen Glacier is a major Antarctic glacier that flows from the interior of the continent into the Ross Ice Shelf.
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B.
Aialik Glacier
Aialik Glacier is a large, actively calving tidewater glacier on Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula, popular for boat tours and wildlife viewing within Kenai Fjords National Park.
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C.
Sphinx Glacier
Sphinx Glacier is a mountain glacier located in British Columbia’s Coast Mountains, within Garibaldi Provincial Park, known for its rugged alpine terrain and proximity to Garibaldi Lake.
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D.
Scott Glacier
Scott Glacier is a major Antarctic glacier in the Transantarctic Mountains that flows southward into the Ross Ice Shelf.
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E.
Otto Sverdrup Glacier
Otto Sverdrup Glacier is a large tidewater glacier in northeastern Greenland named after the Norwegian explorer Otto Sverdrup.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
geographical feature
ⓘ
glacier ⓘ |
| associatedWithProgram | U.S. Antarctic exploration and mapping efforts ⓘ |
| continent | Antarctica ⓘ |
| country | Antarctica (no sovereign state) ⓘ |
| drainageDirection | generally southeast ⓘ |
| drains |
eastern slopes of the Sentinel Range
ⓘ
southern part of the Sentinel Range ⓘ |
| featureCategory | glacier in Ellsworth Land ⓘ |
| flowsAlong | eastern side of the Sentinel Range ⓘ |
| flowsFrom |
southern Sentinel Range
ⓘ
linked to:
Mount Vinson area
|
| flowsTo | Minnesota Glacier ⓘ |
| hasCoordinateSystem | geographic coordinates (latitude/longitude) ⓘ |
| hasNameOrigin | named for a U.S. Fleet Admiral ⓘ |
| isMajorGlacierOf |
Ellsworth Mountains
ⓘ
Sentinel Range ⓘ |
| length |
approximately 40 nautical miles
ⓘ
approximately 70 kilometers ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Antarctica
ⓘ
Ellsworth Land ⓘ |
| mappedBy | United States Geological Survey ⓘ |
| mappedUsing |
U.S. Navy air photos
ⓘ
surveys ⓘ |
| mappingPeriod | 1957–1959 ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Chester W. Nimitz ⓘ |
| namedBy | Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names ⓘ |
| namingYear | 1961 ⓘ |
| nearbyFeature |
Barnes Ridge
ⓘ
Bergison Peak ⓘ Minnesota Glacier ⓘ Petvar Heights ⓘ Vinson Massif ⓘ Wilson Peak ⓘ |
| partOf |
Ellsworth Mountains
ⓘ
Sentinel Range region ⓘ
linked to:
Sentinel Range
|
| region |
Western Antarctica
ⓘ
linked to:
West Antarctica
|
| surfaceFlow | ice ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Nimitz Glacier Description of subject: Nimitz Glacier is a major glacier in Antarctica flowing along the eastern side of the Sentinel Range in the Ellsworth Mountains.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Nimitz Glacier