Port of Papeete

E180224

harbor seaport transport infrastructure

The Port of Papeete is the principal commercial and cruise harbor of French Polynesia, serving as the main maritime gateway to Tahiti and the wider Pacific territory.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Port Autonome de Papeete	2
Port of Papeete canonical	2
Papeete Harbor	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1559258 — 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: Port of Papeete
Context triple: [Tahiti, hasPort, Port of Papeete]

A. Port of Lautoka
The Port of Lautoka is one of Fiji's main deep-water commercial harbors, serving as a key hub for the country's sugar and general cargo exports in the western part of Viti Levu.
B. Papeete
Papeete is the principal city and administrative, economic, and cultural center of French Polynesia, located on the island of Tahiti in the South Pacific.
C. Port Choiseul
Port Choiseul is a lakeside harbor and marina on Lake Geneva in the municipality of Versoix, Switzerland, used primarily for recreational boating and waterfront activities.
D. Port of Honiara
The Port of Honiara is the main seaport and maritime gateway of the Solomon Islands’ capital, handling the bulk of the country’s international and inter-island shipping.
E. Port of Suva
The Port of Suva is Fiji’s principal maritime gateway and busiest commercial harbor, serving as a key hub for regional trade and shipping in the South Pacific.
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: Port of Papeete
Target entity description: The Port of Papeete is the principal commercial and cruise harbor of French Polynesia, serving as the main maritime gateway to Tahiti and the wider Pacific territory.

A. Port of Lautoka
The Port of Lautoka is one of Fiji's main deep-water commercial harbors, serving as a key hub for the country's sugar and general cargo exports in the western part of Viti Levu.
B. Papeete
Papeete is the principal city and administrative, economic, and cultural center of French Polynesia, located on the island of Tahiti in the South Pacific.
C. Port Choiseul
Port Choiseul is a lakeside harbor and marina on Lake Geneva in the municipality of Versoix, Switzerland, used primarily for recreational boating and waterfront activities.
D. Port of Honiara
The Port of Honiara is the main seaport and maritime gateway of the Solomon Islands’ capital, handling the bulk of the country’s international and inter-island shipping.
E. Port of Suva
The Port of Suva is Fiji’s principal maritime gateway and busiest commercial harbor, serving as a key hub for regional trade and shipping in the South Pacific.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	harbor ⓘ seaport ⓘ transport infrastructure ⓘ
administeredBy	Port of Papeete self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Port Autonome de Papeete
connectsTo	Tuamotu Archipelago ⓘ international shipping routes in the Pacific Ocean ⓘ other Society Islands ⓘ
country	France ⓘ
function	commercial port ⓘ container port ⓘ cruise port ⓘ ferry terminal ⓘ passenger terminal ⓘ
handles	containerized cargo ⓘ cruise passengers ⓘ general cargo ⓘ inter-island ferries ⓘ
hasFacility	cargo terminals ⓘ container terminal ⓘ cruise ship berths ⓘ customs facilities ⓘ fuel bunkering facilities ⓘ marina ⓘ passenger terminal building ⓘ ro-ro ramps ⓘ warehouses ⓘ
hasNearbyAirport	Faaʻa International Airport ⓘ surface form: Faa'a International Airport
hasRole	main maritime gateway to French Polynesia ⓘ main maritime gateway to Tahiti ⓘ principal commercial harbor of French Polynesia ⓘ principal cruise harbor of French Polynesia ⓘ
isMainGatewayFor	exports from French Polynesia ⓘ imports to French Polynesia ⓘ
jurisdiction	Government of French Polynesia ⓘ
languageUsed	French ⓘ Tahitian ⓘ
locatedIn	French Polynesia ⓘ Pacific Ocean ⓘ Papeete ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	UTC−10:00 ⓘ
locatedOn	Tahiti ⓘ surface form: island of Tahiti
near	Papeete ⓘ surface form: downtown Papeete
operatedBy	Port of Papeete self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Port Autonome de Papeete
partOf	French Polynesia ⓘ French Polynesia ⓘ surface form: Overseas collectivity of French Polynesia
serves	French Polynesia ⓘ Papeete ⓘ surface form: city of Papeete Tahiti ⓘ surface form: island of Tahiti

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tahiti → hasPort → Port of Papeete ⓘ

Papeete → hasPort → Port of Papeete ⓘ

Papeete → hasHarborOn → Port of Papeete ⓘ

this entity surface form: Papeete Harbor

Port of Papeete → administeredBy → Port of Papeete self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Port Autonome de Papeete

Port of Papeete → operatedBy → Port of Papeete self-linksurface differs ⓘ