Marias Pass
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Marias Pass is a major mountain pass in the Rocky Mountains of northwestern Montana, known as a key rail and highway route through the Continental Divide near Glacier National Park.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Marias Pass canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1078088 — 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: Marias Pass Context triple: [Great Northern Railway, notablePass, Marias Pass]
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A.
Pacheco Pass
Pacheco Pass is a mountain pass in central California that provides a key transportation route through the Diablo Range between the Santa Clara Valley and the San Joaquin Valley.
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B.
Raton Pass
Raton Pass is a high mountain pass on the Colorado–New Mexico border in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, historically significant as a key route for travelers and trade in the American West.
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C.
Cajon Pass
Cajon Pass is a major mountain pass in Southern California that serves as a critical transportation corridor linking the Los Angeles Basin with the Mojave Desert and points east.
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D.
Atigun Pass
Atigun Pass is a high mountain pass in Alaska’s Brooks Range, known as a critical and often treacherous crossing on the Dalton Highway above the Arctic Circle.
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E.
Forester Pass
Forester Pass is a high mountain pass in the Sierra Nevada of California, renowned as the loftiest point along the Pacific Crest Trail and a challenging milestone for long-distance hikers.
- 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: Marias Pass Target entity description: Marias Pass is a major mountain pass in the Rocky Mountains of northwestern Montana, known as a key rail and highway route through the Continental Divide near Glacier National Park.
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A.
Pacheco Pass
Pacheco Pass is a mountain pass in central California that provides a key transportation route through the Diablo Range between the Santa Clara Valley and the San Joaquin Valley.
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B.
Raton Pass
Raton Pass is a high mountain pass on the Colorado–New Mexico border in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, historically significant as a key route for travelers and trade in the American West.
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C.
Cajon Pass
Cajon Pass is a major mountain pass in Southern California that serves as a critical transportation corridor linking the Los Angeles Basin with the Mojave Desert and points east.
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D.
Atigun Pass
Atigun Pass is a high mountain pass in Alaska’s Brooks Range, known as a critical and often treacherous crossing on the Dalton Highway above the Arctic Circle.
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E.
Forester Pass
Forester Pass is a high mountain pass in the Sierra Nevada of California, renowned as the loftiest point along the Pacific Crest Trail and a challenging milestone for long-distance hikers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
mountain pass
ⓘ
transportation corridor ⓘ |
| connects |
Glacier National Park
ⓘ
surface form:
East Glacier Park area
Flathead Valley ⓘ Eastern Montana ⓘ
surface form:
Great Plains of Montana
West Glacier ⓘ
surface form:
West Glacier area
|
| county |
Flathead County
ⓘ
surface form:
Flathead County, Montana
Glacier County ⓘ
surface form:
Glacier County, Montana
|
| crosses |
Continental Divide
ⓘ
surface form:
Continental Divide of the Americas
|
| discoveredBy | John Frank Stevens ⓘ |
| drainageDivideBetween |
Columbia River Basin
ⓘ
surface form:
Columbia River basin
Missouri River Basin ⓘ
surface form:
Missouri River basin
|
| elevation |
about 1,589 meters
ⓘ
about 5,213 feet ⓘ |
| hasClimate | continental climate ⓘ |
| hasFeature | Continental Divide crossing sign ⓘ |
| hasMonument | Theodore Roosevelt obelisk ⓘ |
| hasNearbyTown |
East Glacier Park Village
ⓘ
Essex, Montana ⓘ West Glacier ⓘ |
| hasViewOf |
Lewis Range
ⓘ
surface form:
Lewis Range peaks
forested mountain slopes ⓘ |
| historicalUse |
highway route through the Rockies
ⓘ
railroad route through the Rockies ⓘ |
| is | lowest crossing of the Continental Divide in the United States north of New Mexico ⓘ |
| isImportantFor |
access between Great Plains and interior Northwest
ⓘ
east–west transportation in northern Montana ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Rocky Mountains
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
northwestern Montana ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Marias River ⓘ |
| near | Glacier National Park ⓘ |
| onRailLine |
Empire Builder
ⓘ
surface form:
Empire Builder route
|
| partOf | Lewis Range ⓘ |
| railroadGrade | relatively gentle for a Continental Divide crossing ⓘ |
| region |
Middle Rockies
ⓘ
surface form:
Northern Rocky Mountains
|
| roadOpen | generally year-round ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
railroad engineering history
ⓘ
transportation studies in Montana ⓘ |
| surveyedFor | Great Northern Railway ⓘ |
| traversedBy |
BNSF Railway
ⓘ
Hi-Line Subdivision ⓘ U.S. Route 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
automobile travel
ⓘ
freight rail traffic ⓘ passenger rail traffic ⓘ tourism access to Glacier National Park ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Marias Pass Description of subject: Marias Pass is a major mountain pass in the Rocky Mountains of northwestern Montana, known as a key rail and highway route through the Continental Divide near Glacier National Park.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Great Northern Railway