Apra Harbor, Guam

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harbor military installation port

Apra Harbor, Guam is a major U.S. naval port and strategic deep-water harbor in the Western Pacific that serves as a key logistics and operations hub for American military forces in the region.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Naval Base Guam	2
Piti, Guam	2
Apra Harbor, Guam canonical	1
Sumay, Guam	1
U.S. Naval Base Guam Apra Harbor	1
United States Naval Station Guam	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1640332 — 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: Apra Harbor, Guam
Context triple: [United States Seventh Fleet, notableBase, Apra Harbor, Guam]

A. Tumon Bay
Tumon Bay is a popular resort and tourism district on the western coast of Guam, known for its white-sand beaches, clear waters, and concentration of hotels, shops, and nightlife.
B. Saipan
Saipan is the largest and most populous island of the Northern Mariana Islands, known for its World War II history and Pacific island tourism.
C. Hagåtña, Guam
Hagåtña, Guam is the small coastal capital city of the U.S. territory of Guam, serving as its political and administrative center.
D. Yigo, Guam
Yigo, Guam is a largely rural municipality on the northern end of Guam that hosts Andersen Air Force Base and is one of the island’s largest villages by area.
E. Tinian
Tinian is a small island in the western Pacific Ocean best known as part of the Northern Mariana Islands and as the World War II airbase from which the atomic bomb missions to Hiroshima and Nagasaki were launched.
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: Apra Harbor, Guam
Target entity description: Apra Harbor, Guam is a major U.S. naval port and strategic deep-water harbor in the Western Pacific that serves as a key logistics and operations hub for American military forces in the region.

A. Tumon Bay
Tumon Bay is a popular resort and tourism district on the western coast of Guam, known for its white-sand beaches, clear waters, and concentration of hotels, shops, and nightlife.
B. Saipan
Saipan is the largest and most populous island of the Northern Mariana Islands, known for its World War II history and Pacific island tourism.
C. Hagåtña, Guam
Hagåtña, Guam is the small coastal capital city of the U.S. territory of Guam, serving as its political and administrative center.
D. Yigo, Guam
Yigo, Guam is a largely rural municipality on the northern end of Guam that hosts Andersen Air Force Base and is one of the island’s largest villages by area.
E. Tinian
Tinian is a small island in the western Pacific Ocean best known as part of the Northern Mariana Islands and as the World War II airbase from which the atomic bomb missions to Hiroshima and Nagasaki were launched.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	harbor ⓘ military installation ⓘ port ⓘ
controlledBy	Department of Defense ⓘ surface form: U.S. Department of Defense
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
function	fleet support ⓘ logistics hub ⓘ naval operations base ⓘ replenishment point ⓘ staging area for military operations ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	all-weather port ⓘ deep-water harbor ⓘ natural harbor ⓘ strategic location ⓘ
hasFacility	Ammunition storage facilities ⓘ Cargo terminals ⓘ Commercial port facilities ⓘ Container terminal ⓘ Deep-draft berths ⓘ Fuel storage facilities ⓘ Apra Harbor, Guam self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Naval Base Guam Naval wharves ⓘ Ship repair facilities ⓘ Apra Harbor, Guam self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: U.S. Naval Base Guam Apra Harbor
locatedIn	Guam ⓘ western Pacific Ocean ⓘ surface form: Western Pacific Ocean
locatedNear	Piti, Guam ⓘ Santa Rita, Guam ⓘ
locatedOn	Pacific Ocean ⓘ
nearbyBodyOfWater	Philippine Basin ⓘ Philippine Sea ⓘ
operatedBy	United States Navy ⓘ
partOf	Guam ⓘ surface form: Territory of Guam United States Indo-Pacific Command ⓘ surface form: United States Indo-Pacific Command area of responsibility
strategicImportance	key U.S. naval base in Western Pacific ⓘ supports U.S. power projection in Indo-Pacific region ⓘ
usedBy	United States Air Force ⓘ United States Coast Guard ⓘ United States Marine Corps ⓘ Military Sealift Command ⓘ surface form: United States Military Sealift Command United States Navy ⓘ
usedDuring	Cold War ⓘ World War II ⓘ post–World War II U.S. Pacific operations ⓘ
usedFor	amphibious operations support ⓘ logistics for regional exercises ⓘ maintenance of U.S. naval vessels ⓘ resupply of U.S. naval vessels ⓘ submarine support ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

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

Seventh Fleet → notableBase → Apra Harbor, Guam ⓘ

subject surface form: United States Seventh Fleet

Port Authority of Guam → headquartersLocation → Apra Harbor, Guam ⓘ

this entity surface form: Piti, Guam

Port Authority of Guam → location → Apra Harbor, Guam ⓘ

this entity surface form: Piti, Guam

United States Navy administration of Guam → appliesToJurisdiction → Apra Harbor, Guam ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States Naval Station Guam

Antonio Borja Won Pat → placeOfBirth → Apra Harbor, Guam ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sumay, Guam

Apra Harbor, Guam → hasFacility → Apra Harbor, Guam self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Naval Base Guam

Apra Harbor, Guam → hasFacility → Apra Harbor, Guam self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Naval Base Guam Apra Harbor

NAVFAC Marianas → operatesAt → Apra Harbor, Guam ⓘ