Salvation Mountain (near Slab City)
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Salvation Mountain (near Slab City) is a brightly painted, folk-art hillside installation in the California desert created by Leonard Knight as a colorful tribute to God and love.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Salvation Mountain (near Slab City) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1293045 — 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: Salvation Mountain (near Slab City) Context triple: [Imperial County, contains, Salvation Mountain (near Slab City)]
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A.
Cheat Mountain
Cheat Mountain is a prominent, heavily forested ridge in eastern West Virginia known for its high elevations, Civil War history, and role in the Allegheny Mountain range.
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B.
Alabama Hills
Alabama Hills is a scenic area of rounded rock formations and arches at the eastern base of the Sierra Nevada in California, popular for hiking, photography, and film locations.
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C.
Camelback Ranch
Camelback Ranch is a baseball training complex in Glendale, Arizona, that serves as the spring training home for the Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago White Sox.
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D.
Contra Loma Regional Park
Contra Loma Regional Park is a public recreation area in Contra Costa County, California, known for its reservoir, fishing, swimming lagoon, and hiking and biking trails.
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E.
Bronson Canyon
Bronson Canyon is a rocky, cave-dotted area in Los Angeles’ Griffith Park famous as a filming location for numerous movies and television shows, including classic science fiction and Batman productions.
- 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: Salvation Mountain (near Slab City) Target entity description: Salvation Mountain (near Slab City) is a brightly painted, folk-art hillside installation in the California desert created by Leonard Knight as a colorful tribute to God and love.
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A.
Cheat Mountain
Cheat Mountain is a prominent, heavily forested ridge in eastern West Virginia known for its high elevations, Civil War history, and role in the Allegheny Mountain range.
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B.
Alabama Hills
Alabama Hills is a scenic area of rounded rock formations and arches at the eastern base of the Sierra Nevada in California, popular for hiking, photography, and film locations.
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C.
Camelback Ranch
Camelback Ranch is a baseball training complex in Glendale, Arizona, that serves as the spring training home for the Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago White Sox.
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D.
Contra Loma Regional Park
Contra Loma Regional Park is a public recreation area in Contra Costa County, California, known for its reservoir, fishing, swimming lagoon, and hiking and biking trails.
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E.
Bronson Canyon
Bronson Canyon is a rocky, cave-dotted area in Los Angeles’ Griffith Park famous as a filming location for numerous movies and television shows, including classic science fiction and Batman productions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
art installation
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folk art site ⓘ outsider art ⓘ roadside attraction ⓘ |
| access | open to the public ⓘ |
| artMovement |
outsider art movement
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visionary art ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Slab City community ⓘ |
| builtBy | largely single-handedly by Leonard Knight ⓘ |
| climate | arid desert climate ⓘ |
| colorCharacteristic | brightly painted ⓘ |
| constructionStart | 1980s ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| county |
Imperial County
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surface form:
Imperial County, California
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| creator | Leonard Knight ⓘ |
| fee | free admission ⓘ |
| hasMotto | God Is Love ⓘ |
| hasStructure |
painted hillside
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painted tunnels and alcoves ⓘ |
| hazard | heat of the desert environment ⓘ |
| height | approximately three stories ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | folk art environment ⓘ |
| inscription | John 3:16 (Bible verse) ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
California, United States
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surface form:
California
Colorado Desert ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Niland, California
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Slab City ⓘ |
| maintenance | maintained by volunteers after Leonard Knight’s death ⓘ |
| materialUsed |
adobe
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latex paint ⓘ straw ⓘ |
| nearbyFeature | Salton Sea ⓘ |
| notableFor |
large painted hillside with religious messages
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use of vivid colors and biblical verses ⓘ |
| purpose |
message of love
ⓘ
tribute to God ⓘ |
| recognizedBy | Folk Art Society of America ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Evangelical Christian ⓘ |
| significantPeriod |
1980s
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1990s ⓘ 2000s ⓘ |
| subjectOf | documentaries about American outsider art ⓘ |
| theme |
Christianity
ⓘ
God ⓘ love ⓘ |
| tourismType |
cultural tourism site
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religious tourism site ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Salvation Mountain (near Slab City) Description of subject: Salvation Mountain (near Slab City) is a brightly painted, folk-art hillside installation in the California desert created by Leonard Knight as a colorful tribute to God and love.
Referenced by (1)
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