Strait of Gibraltar
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The Strait of Gibraltar is the narrow waterway between southern Spain and northern Morocco that links the Atlantic Ocean with the Mediterranean Sea and separates Europe from Africa.
All labels observed (8)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T74319 — 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: Strait of Gibraltar Context triple: [Mediterranean Sea, connectedBy, Strait of Gibraltar]
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A.
Strait of Magellan
The Strait of Magellan is a historically significant natural sea passage at the southern tip of South America, separating mainland Chile from Tierra del Fuego and providing a navigable route between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
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B.
Isthmus of Perekop
The Isthmus of Perekop is the narrow land bridge that links the Crimean Peninsula to the Ukrainian mainland and has long held major strategic and military importance.
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C.
Suez Canal
The Suez Canal is a man-made waterway in Egypt that links the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea, serving as one of the world’s most important shipping routes between Europe and Asia.
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D.
Isthmus of Panama
The Isthmus of Panama is the narrow strip of land in Central America that links North and South America and separates the Caribbean Sea from the Pacific Ocean.
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E.
Bering Strait
The Bering Strait is a narrow sea passage between Russia and Alaska that links the Arctic and Pacific Oceans and historically separated Asia from North America.
- 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: Strait of Gibraltar Target entity description: The Strait of Gibraltar is the narrow waterway between southern Spain and northern Morocco that links the Atlantic Ocean with the Mediterranean Sea and separates Europe from Africa.
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A.
Strait of Magellan
The Strait of Magellan is a historically significant natural sea passage at the southern tip of South America, separating mainland Chile from Tierra del Fuego and providing a navigable route between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
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B.
Isthmus of Perekop
The Isthmus of Perekop is the narrow land bridge that links the Crimean Peninsula to the Ukrainian mainland and has long held major strategic and military importance.
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C.
Suez Canal
The Suez Canal is a man-made waterway in Egypt that links the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea, serving as one of the world’s most important shipping routes between Europe and Asia.
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D.
Isthmus of Panama
The Isthmus of Panama is the narrow strip of land in Central America that links North and South America and separates the Caribbean Sea from the Pacific Ocean.
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E.
Bering Strait
The Bering Strait is a narrow sea passage between Russia and Alaska that links the Arctic and Pacific Oceans and historically separated Asia from North America.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
strait
ⓘ
waterway ⓘ |
| borderOf |
Gibraltar
ⓘ
surface form:
British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar
Morocco ⓘ Spain ⓘ |
| connects |
Atlantic Ocean
ⓘ
Mediterranean Sea ⓘ |
| countryOnNorthernShore |
Spain
ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ |
| countryOnSouthernShore |
Morocco
ⓘ
Spain ⓘ |
| etymology | name derived from Arabic Jabal Tariq ⓘ |
| hasCityOnShore |
Algeciras
ⓘ
Ceuta ⓘ Gibraltar ⓘ Tangier ⓘ Tarifa ⓘ |
| hasCurrent |
deep outflow from Mediterranean to Atlantic
ⓘ
surface inflow from Atlantic to Mediterranean ⓘ |
| hasFerryRoute |
Algeciras
ⓘ
surface form:
Algeciras–Ceuta
Algeciras–Tangier Med ⓘ Tangier ⓘ
surface form:
Tarifa–Tangier
|
| historicalName | Pillars of Hercules ⓘ |
| isMajorRouteFor |
container ships
ⓘ
international shipping ⓘ oil tankers ⓘ |
| length |
about 37 miles
ⓘ
about 60 kilometers ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
between Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea
ⓘ
between Iberian Peninsula and African continent ⓘ between southern Spain and northern Morocco ⓘ |
| maximumDepth |
over 2950 feet
ⓘ
over 900 meters ⓘ |
| maximumWidth |
about 27 miles
ⓘ
about 44 kilometers ⓘ |
| minimumWidth |
about 13 kilometers
ⓘ
about 8 miles ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Gibraltar ⓘ |
| nearbyLandmark |
Pillars of Hercules
ⓘ
Gibraltar ⓘ
surface form:
Rock of Gibraltar
|
| oceanographicFeature |
main exchange point of water masses between Atlantic and Mediterranean
ⓘ
site of strong tidal currents ⓘ |
| partOf |
boundary between Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea
ⓘ
sea route between Europe and Americas ⓘ sea route between Europe and West Africa ⓘ |
| region |
North Atlantic area
ⓘ
surface form:
North Atlantic
Western Mediterranean ⓘ |
| separates |
Africa
ⓘ
Europe ⓘ |
| strategicImportance |
controls access to Mediterranean Sea from Atlantic Ocean
ⓘ
key chokepoint for global maritime trade ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Strait of Gibraltar Description of subject: The Strait of Gibraltar is the narrow waterway between southern Spain and northern Morocco that links the Atlantic Ocean with the Mediterranean Sea and separates Europe from Africa.
Referenced by (103)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Gibraltar Strait
this entity surface form:
Strait of Gibraltar region
this entity surface form:
Strait of Gibraltar area