Vitiaz Strait
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Vitiaz Strait is a narrow body of water in Papua New Guinea that separates New Britain from the Huon Peninsula and connects the Bismarck Sea with the Solomon Sea.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Vitiaz Strait canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14267614 — 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: Vitiaz Strait Context triple: [Umboi Island, separates, Vitiaz Strait]
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A.
Krusenstern Strait
Krusenstern Strait is a sea passage in the Kuril Islands chain that separates two of the islands and connects parts of the northwest Pacific waters.
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B.
Isanotski Strait
Isanotski Strait is a narrow marine passage in Alaska’s Aleutian region that separates Unimak Island from the Alaska Peninsula and connects the North Pacific Ocean with the Bering Sea.
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C.
Vilkitsky Strait
Vilkitsky Strait is a narrow Arctic waterway off the northern coast of Siberia that separates the Taymyr Peninsula from the Severnaya Zemlya archipelago and forms part of the Northern Sea Route.
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D.
Sannikov Strait
Sannikov Strait is a narrow Arctic waterway in northern Russia that separates the New Siberian Islands from the Siberian mainland and links the Laptev Sea with the East Siberian Sea.
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E.
Nevelskoy Strait
Nevelskoy Strait is the narrowest part of the strait between Sakhalin Island and the Russian mainland, notable for its shallow waters and strategic location connecting the Sea of Okhotsk with the Sea of Japan.
- 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: Vitiaz Strait Target entity description: Vitiaz Strait is a narrow body of water in Papua New Guinea that separates New Britain from the Huon Peninsula and connects the Bismarck Sea with the Solomon Sea.
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A.
Krusenstern Strait
Krusenstern Strait is a sea passage in the Kuril Islands chain that separates two of the islands and connects parts of the northwest Pacific waters.
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B.
Isanotski Strait
Isanotski Strait is a narrow marine passage in Alaska’s Aleutian region that separates Unimak Island from the Alaska Peninsula and connects the North Pacific Ocean with the Bering Sea.
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C.
Vilkitsky Strait
Vilkitsky Strait is a narrow Arctic waterway off the northern coast of Siberia that separates the Taymyr Peninsula from the Severnaya Zemlya archipelago and forms part of the Northern Sea Route.
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D.
Sannikov Strait
Sannikov Strait is a narrow Arctic waterway in northern Russia that separates the New Siberian Islands from the Siberian mainland and links the Laptev Sea with the East Siberian Sea.
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E.
Nevelskoy Strait
Nevelskoy Strait is the narrowest part of the strait between Sakhalin Island and the Russian mainland, notable for its shallow waters and strategic location connecting the Sea of Okhotsk with the Sea of Japan.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.