Moresby Passage
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Moresby Passage is a smaller marine channel within the Haro Strait in the Salish Sea, used as a navigational route between the Gulf Islands and Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Moresby Passage canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10083751 — 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: Moresby Passage Context triple: [Haro Strait, hasPart, Moresby Passage]
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A.
Bougainville Strait
Bougainville Strait is a narrow waterway in the Solomon Islands that separates Bougainville Island from Choiseul Island and connects the Solomon Sea with the Pacific Ocean.
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B.
Ambrose Channel
Ambrose Channel is the main deep-water shipping channel that provides large vessels with access between the Atlantic Ocean and the Port of New York and New Jersey.
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C.
ʻAuʻau Channel
ʻAuʻau Channel is a shallow, relatively sheltered strait in Hawaii, best known for its calm waters and popularity as a prime humpback whale-watching area between the islands of Maui and Lānaʻi.
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D.
M'Clintock Channel
M'Clintock Channel is an Arctic waterway in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, lying between Victoria Island and Prince of Wales Island and forming part of the Northwest Passage region.
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E.
Kula Strait
Kula Strait is a narrow waterway in the Solomon Islands that separates parts of the New Georgia Islands and was a significant naval battleground during World War II.
- 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: Moresby Passage Target entity description: Moresby Passage is a smaller marine channel within the Haro Strait in the Salish Sea, used as a navigational route between the Gulf Islands and Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada.
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A.
Bougainville Strait
Bougainville Strait is a narrow waterway in the Solomon Islands that separates Bougainville Island from Choiseul Island and connects the Solomon Sea with the Pacific Ocean.
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B.
Ambrose Channel
Ambrose Channel is the main deep-water shipping channel that provides large vessels with access between the Atlantic Ocean and the Port of New York and New Jersey.
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C.
ʻAuʻau Channel
ʻAuʻau Channel is a shallow, relatively sheltered strait in Hawaii, best known for its calm waters and popularity as a prime humpback whale-watching area between the islands of Maui and Lānaʻi.
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D.
M'Clintock Channel
M'Clintock Channel is an Arctic waterway in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, lying between Victoria Island and Prince of Wales Island and forming part of the Northwest Passage region.
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E.
Kula Strait
Kula Strait is a narrow waterway in the Solomon Islands that separates parts of the New Georgia Islands and was a significant naval battleground during World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (24)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
marine channel
ⓘ
strait ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| hasNameLanguage | English ⓘ |
| hasNavigationRole | route between Gulf Islands and Vancouver Island ⓘ |
| isInOcean | Pacific Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isNear |
southern Gulf Islands
ⓘ
southern Vancouver Island ⓘ |
| locatedBetween |
Gulf Islands
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Vancouver Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
British Columbia
ⓘ
Canada ⓘ Coastal British Columbia NERFINISHED ⓘ Haro Strait NERFINISHED ⓘ Inside Passage region (broad sense) ⓘ Salish Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| marineArea | Salish Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Haro Strait
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Salish Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ coastal waterways of British Columbia ⓘ |
| region | Pacific Northwest ⓘ |
| usedAs | navigational route ⓘ |
| usedFor | marine navigation ⓘ |
| waterbodyType | saltwater channel ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Moresby Passage Description of subject: Moresby Passage is a smaller marine channel within the Haro Strait in the Salish Sea, used as a navigational route between the Gulf Islands and Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.