Homathko Icefield
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Homathko Icefield is a large, remote icefield in the southern Coast Mountains of British Columbia, Canada, known for its extensive glaciation and rugged alpine terrain.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Homathko Icefield canonical | 2 |
| Ice fields of British Columbia | 1 |
| Pemberton Icefield area | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T910483 — 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: Homathko Icefield Context triple: [Coast Mountains, contains, Homathko Icefield]
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A.
Ha-Iltzuk Icefield
Ha-Iltzuk Icefield is a large glacial icefield in the central Coast Mountains of British Columbia, Canada, known for its extensive ice cover and rugged alpine terrain.
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B.
Northern Icefield
The Northern Icefield is one of the principal remaining ice caps atop Mount Kilimanjaro, notable for its rapidly retreating tropical glaciers.
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C.
Juneau Icefield
The Juneau Icefield is a vast expanse of interconnected glaciers and snowfields in the Coast Mountains of Alaska and British Columbia, known as one of the largest icefields in North America and a major source of glaciers around Juneau.
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D.
Southern Icefield
Southern Icefield is one of the principal glacier fields on Mount Kilimanjaro, forming part of the mountain’s rapidly shrinking ice cap near its summit.
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E.
Pasterze Glacier
Pasterze Glacier is the largest glacier in Austria, located on the eastern slope of the Grossglockner in the High Tauern range.
- 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: Homathko Icefield Target entity description: Homathko Icefield is a large, remote icefield in the southern Coast Mountains of British Columbia, Canada, known for its extensive glaciation and rugged alpine terrain.
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A.
Ha-Iltzuk Icefield
Ha-Iltzuk Icefield is a large glacial icefield in the central Coast Mountains of British Columbia, Canada, known for its extensive ice cover and rugged alpine terrain.
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B.
Northern Icefield
The Northern Icefield is one of the principal remaining ice caps atop Mount Kilimanjaro, notable for its rapidly retreating tropical glaciers.
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C.
Juneau Icefield
The Juneau Icefield is a vast expanse of interconnected glaciers and snowfields in the Coast Mountains of Alaska and British Columbia, known as one of the largest icefields in North America and a major source of glaciers around Juneau.
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D.
Southern Icefield
Southern Icefield is one of the principal glacier fields on Mount Kilimanjaro, forming part of the mountain’s rapidly shrinking ice cap near its summit.
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E.
Pasterze Glacier
Pasterze Glacier is the largest glacier in Austria, located on the eastern slope of the Grossglockner in the High Tauern range.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
glaciated plateau
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icefield ⓘ |
| access |
no road access
ⓘ
remote backcountry access only ⓘ |
| category |
Glaciers of the Pacific Ranges
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Homathko Icefield self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Ice fields of British Columbia
Landforms of the Coast Mountains ⓘ |
| climate |
maritime-influenced mountain climate
ⓘ
subarctic climate ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| countrySubdivision |
British Columbia
ⓘ
surface form:
Province of British Columbia
|
| drainage |
Bute Inlet fjord system
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Homathko River basin ⓘ Southgate River basin ⓘ |
| ecoregion | Pacific Ranges montane and alpine zones ⓘ |
| environmentalSignificance |
important regional freshwater reservoir
ⓘ
indicator of climate change in the Coast Mountains ⓘ |
| geologicalContext | part of the Coast Plutonic Complex region ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
cirque glaciers
ⓘ
crevassed glaciers ⓘ icefalls ⓘ nunataks ⓘ snowfields ⓘ |
| hydrologicalRole | source of meltwater for coastal rivers ⓘ |
| knownFor |
extensive glaciation
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remoteness ⓘ rugged alpine terrain ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
British Columbia
ⓘ
Coast Mountains ⓘ Pacific Ranges ⓘ central British Columbia Coast Mountains region ⓘ southern Coast Mountains ⓘ |
| near |
Bute Inlet
ⓘ
Homathko River ⓘ Southgate River ⓘ |
| partOf |
Coast Mountains
ⓘ
surface form:
Coast Mountains icefields system
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| province | British Columbia ⓘ |
| relativeLocation |
east of Bute Inlet
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inland from Bute Inlet on the British Columbia coast ⓘ north of the headwaters of the Homathko River ⓘ |
| terrainType |
alpine
ⓘ
glaciated mountains ⓘ |
| usedFor |
glaciology research
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mountaineering ⓘ ski mountaineering ⓘ wilderness recreation ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Homathko Icefield Description of subject: Homathko Icefield is a large, remote icefield in the southern Coast Mountains of British Columbia, Canada, known for its extensive glaciation and rugged alpine terrain.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Ice fields of British Columbia
this entity surface form:
Pemberton Icefield area