McFarlane Strait
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McFarlane Strait is a narrow marine passage in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica, lying between Greenwich Island and neighboring islands and serving as part of an important local shipping and research route.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| McFarlane Strait canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1533799 — 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: McFarlane Strait Context triple: [Greenwich Island, separatedBy, McFarlane Strait]
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A.
Hecate Strait
Hecate Strait is a wide, shallow, and often stormy body of water separating Haida Gwaii from the mainland coast of British Columbia on Canada’s Pacific coast.
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B.
Lynn Canal
Lynn Canal is a long, narrow fjord in southeastern Alaska known as one of the deepest and longest fjords in North America and a key marine route for coastal communities and cruise ships.
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C.
Gastineau Channel
Gastineau Channel is a narrow tidal waterway in southeastern Alaska that separates Douglas Island from the mainland and provides the waterfront setting for the city of Juneau.
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D.
Beagle Channel
The Beagle Channel is a narrow strait in the extreme south of South America that separates islands of the Tierra del Fuego archipelago and serves as a key maritime passage between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
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E.
Ambrose Channel
Ambrose Channel is the main deep-water shipping channel that provides large vessels with access between the Atlantic Ocean and the Port of New York and New Jersey.
- 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: McFarlane Strait Target entity description: McFarlane Strait is a narrow marine passage in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica, lying between Greenwich Island and neighboring islands and serving as part of an important local shipping and research route.
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A.
Hecate Strait
Hecate Strait is a wide, shallow, and often stormy body of water separating Haida Gwaii from the mainland coast of British Columbia on Canada’s Pacific coast.
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B.
Lynn Canal
Lynn Canal is a long, narrow fjord in southeastern Alaska known as one of the deepest and longest fjords in North America and a key marine route for coastal communities and cruise ships.
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C.
Gastineau Channel
Gastineau Channel is a narrow tidal waterway in southeastern Alaska that separates Douglas Island from the mainland and provides the waterfront setting for the city of Juneau.
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D.
Beagle Channel
The Beagle Channel is a narrow strait in the extreme south of South America that separates islands of the Tierra del Fuego archipelago and serves as a key maritime passage between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
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E.
Ambrose Channel
Ambrose Channel is the main deep-water shipping channel that provides large vessels with access between the Atlantic Ocean and the Port of New York and New Jersey.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
marine passage
ⓘ
strait ⓘ |
| adjacentTo |
Greenwich Island
ⓘ
Livingston Island ⓘ
surface form:
Livingston Island region
Robert Island ⓘ |
| country |
Antarctic Treaty area
ⓘ
surface form:
Antarctica (no sovereign state; subject to Antarctic Treaty System)
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| governedBy | Antarctic Treaty System ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
ice-affected waters
ⓘ
narrow ⓘ |
| hasClimate | cold maritime Antarctic climate ⓘ |
| hasEnvironment | polar marine environment ⓘ |
| hasHazard |
icebergs
ⓘ
poor visibility ⓘ sea ice ⓘ strong winds ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Antarctica
ⓘ
South Shetland Islands ⓘ |
| navigatedBy |
research vessels
ⓘ
supply ships ⓘ |
| partOf |
Southern Ocean
ⓘ
local navigation routes between South Shetland Islands ⓘ maritime routes of the South Shetland Islands ⓘ |
| region |
Antarctic Peninsula
ⓘ
surface form:
Antarctic Peninsula region
|
| separates |
Greenwich Island
ⓘ
Robert Island ⓘ |
| usedBy |
logistics operations in the South Shetland Islands
ⓘ
scientific expeditions ⓘ |
| usedFor |
research route
ⓘ
shipping route ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: McFarlane Strait Description of subject: McFarlane Strait is a narrow marine passage in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica, lying between Greenwich Island and neighboring islands and serving as part of an important local shipping and research route.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.