Pasterze Glacier
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Pasterze Glacier is the largest glacier in Austria, located on the eastern slope of the Grossglockner in the High Tauern range.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Pasterze Glacier canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T831262 — 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: Pasterze Glacier Context triple: [Grossglockner, hasGlacier, Pasterze Glacier]
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A.
Steffen Glacier
Steffen Glacier is a major outlet glacier draining the Northern Patagonian Ice Field in southern Chile, known for its remote location and contribution to regional freshwater and sea-level changes.
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B.
Skinner Glacier
Skinner Glacier is a glacier associated with the Three Sisters region, known as part of the glaciated landscape surrounding this notable mountain group.
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C.
Bionnassay Glacier
Bionnassay Glacier is a prominent alpine glacier on the western flank of the Mont Blanc massif in the French Alps.
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D.
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.
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E.
Linton Glacier
Linton Glacier is a glacier located on the slopes of the Three Sisters volcanic peaks in the Cascade Range of Oregon, known for its alpine ice and role in local hydrology.
- 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: Pasterze Glacier Target entity description: Pasterze Glacier is the largest glacier in Austria, located on the eastern slope of the Grossglockner in the High Tauern range.
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A.
Steffen Glacier
Steffen Glacier is a major outlet glacier draining the Northern Patagonian Ice Field in southern Chile, known for its remote location and contribution to regional freshwater and sea-level changes.
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B.
Skinner Glacier
Skinner Glacier is a glacier associated with the Three Sisters region, known as part of the glaciated landscape surrounding this notable mountain group.
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C.
Bionnassay Glacier
Bionnassay Glacier is a prominent alpine glacier on the western flank of the Mont Blanc massif in the French Alps.
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D.
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.
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E.
Linton Glacier
Linton Glacier is a glacier located on the slopes of the Three Sisters volcanic peaks in the Cascade Range of Oregon, known for its alpine ice and role in local hydrology.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
glacier
ⓘ
valley glacier ⓘ |
| accessibleFrom |
Franz-Josefs-Höhe
ⓘ
surface form:
Franz-Josefs-Höhe viewpoint
|
| area | approximately 18.5 square kilometres ⓘ |
| averageAnnualRetreatRate | several metres per year ⓘ |
| climateZone | alpine climate ⓘ |
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| country | Austria ⓘ |
| drainageBasin |
Black Sea drainage basin
ⓘ
surface form:
Danube basin
Drava ⓘ
surface form:
Drava basin
|
| elevationMax | about 3,400 metres above sea level ⓘ |
| elevationMin | about 2,100 metres above sea level ⓘ |
| feedsRiver | Möll River ⓘ |
| glacierCode | WGMS glacier ID in Austria (Pasterze) ⓘ |
| glacierStatus | retreating ⓘ |
| hasCableCarConnectionTo | Franz-Josefs-Höhe ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
crevasses
ⓘ
icefall ⓘ moraines ⓘ |
| hasPhotographicViewpoint |
Franz-Josefs-Höhe
ⓘ
surface form:
Kaiser-Franz-Josefs-Höhe
|
| hasRetreatExposing |
bedrock
ⓘ
new proglacial lake ⓘ |
| hasScientificMonitoring | yes ⓘ |
| isLargestGlacierIn | Austria ⓘ |
| length | approximately 8.4 km ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Carinthia
ⓘ
Hohe Tauern ⓘ
surface form:
High Tauern
Salzburg ⓘ |
| locatedInProtectedArea | Hohe Tauern National Park ⓘ |
| locatedOnEasternSlopeOf | Grossglockner ⓘ |
| mountainRange |
Alps
ⓘ
Hohe Tauern ⓘ
surface form:
High Tauern
|
| namedAfter | German word "Pasterze" meaning pasture ⓘ |
| nearPass | Grossglockner High Alpine Road ⓘ |
| nearSettlement |
Fusch an der Großglocknerstraße
ⓘ
Heiligenblut ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being below Austria’s highest peak Grossglockner
ⓘ
rapid retreat in recent decades ⓘ |
| partOf | Hohe Tauern National Park ⓘ |
| region | Central Eastern Alps ⓘ |
| retreatCausedBy | climate change ⓘ |
| retreatObservedSince | 19th century ⓘ |
| surfaceType | ice ⓘ |
| terminusType | proglacial lake ⓘ |
| tourismAttraction | yes ⓘ |
| usedFor |
glaciological research
ⓘ
guided glacier tours ⓘ mountaineering ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Pasterze Glacier Description of subject: Pasterze Glacier is the largest glacier in Austria, located on the eastern slope of the Grossglockner in the High Tauern range.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.