Isabela Island
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Isabela Island is the largest and one of the most ecologically diverse islands in Ecuador’s Galápagos archipelago, known for its volcanic landscapes and rich endemic wildlife.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Isabela Island canonical | 4 |
| Isabela Island (western part) | 1 |
| Isla Isabela | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T927262 — 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: Isabela Island Context triple: [Galápagos Islands, hasIsland, Isabela Island]
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A.
Magdalena Island
Magdalena Island is a Chilean island in the Strait of Magellan famed for its large Magellanic penguin colony and protected natural reserve status.
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B.
Desecheo Island
Desecheo Island is a small, uninhabited Caribbean island and wildlife refuge off the west coast of Puerto Rico, known for its rugged terrain, seabird colonies, and surrounding dive sites.
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C.
King George Island
King George Island is the largest of the South Shetland Islands off the coast of Antarctica, hosting multiple international research stations and serving as a key logistical hub for Antarctic operations.
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D.
Isla Grande
Isla Grande is a district of San Juan, Puerto Rico, best known for its central airport and harbor facilities near the island’s capital.
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E.
Livingston Island
Livingston Island is a large, glacier-covered island in Antarctica’s South Shetland archipelago, known for its rugged terrain, research stations, and rich polar wildlife.
- 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: Isabela Island Target entity description: Isabela Island is the largest and one of the most ecologically diverse islands in Ecuador’s Galápagos archipelago, known for its volcanic landscapes and rich endemic wildlife.
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A.
Magdalena Island
Magdalena Island is a Chilean island in the Strait of Magellan famed for its large Magellanic penguin colony and protected natural reserve status.
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B.
Desecheo Island
Desecheo Island is a small, uninhabited Caribbean island and wildlife refuge off the west coast of Puerto Rico, known for its rugged terrain, seabird colonies, and surrounding dive sites.
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C.
King George Island
King George Island is the largest of the South Shetland Islands off the coast of Antarctica, hosting multiple international research stations and serving as a key logistical hub for Antarctic operations.
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D.
Isla Grande
Isla Grande is a district of San Juan, Puerto Rico, best known for its central airport and harbor facilities near the island’s capital.
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E.
Livingston Island
Livingston Island is a large, glacier-covered island in Antarctica’s South Shetland archipelago, known for its rugged terrain, research stations, and rich polar wildlife.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Galápagos Island
ⓘ
island ⓘ volcanic island ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Albemarle Island
ⓘ
Isabela Island ⓘ
surface form:
Isla Isabela
|
| area | approximately 4588 square kilometers ⓘ |
| country | Ecuador ⓘ |
| formedBy | volcanic activity ⓘ |
| hasCrater |
Sierra Negra Volcano
ⓘ
surface form:
Sierra Negra caldera
|
| hasEcosystem |
arid lowlands
ⓘ
coastal lagoons ⓘ humid highlands ⓘ lava fields ⓘ mangrove forests ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfVolcanoes | six ⓘ |
| hasTown | Puerto Villamil ⓘ |
| hasVolcano |
Alcedo Volcano
ⓘ
Cerro Azul Volcano ⓘ Alcedo Volcano ⓘ
surface form:
Darwin Volcano
Ecuador Volcano ⓘ Sierra Negra Volcano ⓘ Wolf Volcano ⓘ |
| hasWildlife |
Galápagos finches
ⓘ
surface form:
Darwin’s finches
Galápagos giant tortoise ⓘ
surface form:
Galápagos giant tortoises
Galápagos hawks ⓘ Galápagos penguin ⓘ
surface form:
Galápagos penguins
blue-footed boobies ⓘ flightless cormorants ⓘ land iguanas ⓘ marine iguanas ⓘ sea lions ⓘ |
| highestElevation | approximately 1707 meters ⓘ |
| highestPoint | Wolf Volcano ⓘ |
| knownFor |
ecological diversity
ⓘ
rich endemic wildlife ⓘ volcanic landscapes ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Galápagos Islands
ⓘ
Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
| mainSettlement | Puerto Villamil ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Isabella I of Castile ⓘ |
| partlyWithin | Galápagos National Park ⓘ |
| partOf |
Galápagos Marine Reserve
ⓘ
Galápagos Province ⓘ Galápagos Province ⓘ
surface form:
Insular Region of Ecuador
|
| population | several thousand inhabitants ⓘ |
| rank | largest island in the Galápagos archipelago ⓘ |
| shape | seahorse-shaped ⓘ |
| SierraNegraCalderaSize | one of the largest volcanic calderas in the world ⓘ |
| tourismActivity |
hiking
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snorkeling ⓘ volcano trekking ⓘ wildlife watching ⓘ |
| UNESCOStatus | part of Galápagos Islands World Heritage Site ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Isabela Island Description of subject: Isabela Island is the largest and one of the most ecologically diverse islands in Ecuador’s Galápagos archipelago, known for its volcanic landscapes and rich endemic wildlife.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Isabela Island (western part)
this entity surface form:
Isla Isabela