Glacier du Tour
E329549
Glacier du Tour is a valley glacier in the Mont Blanc massif of the French Alps, known for its extensive ice fields and popular mountaineering routes near the village of Le Tour.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Glacier du Tour canonical | 1 |
| Le Tour–Balme | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2947549 — 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: Glacier du Tour Context triple: [Mont-Blanc glacial system, hasPart, Glacier du Tour]
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A.
Glacier de Tré-la-Tête
Glacier de Tré-la-Tête is a major valley glacier in the Mont Blanc massif of the French Alps, known for its extensive ice cover and role in regional hydrology and mountaineering.
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B.
Glacier des Bossons
Glacier des Bossons is a prominent valley glacier on the French side of the Mont Blanc massif, known for descending close to the Chamonix valley and being one of the most visible glaciers in the Alps.
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C.
Glacier de Bionnassay
Glacier de Bionnassay is a prominent alpine glacier in the Mont Blanc massif of the French Alps, known for its steep icefalls and dramatic descent toward the Bionnassay valley.
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D.
Glacier de Leschaux
Glacier de Leschaux is a major valley glacier in the Mont Blanc massif of the French Alps, known for its dramatic ice flows and access to classic alpine climbing routes.
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E.
Glacier du Mont Maudit
Glacier du Mont Maudit is a high-altitude Alpine glacier on the Mont Maudit massif in the Mont Blanc range of the French-Italian Alps, known among mountaineers for its crevassed terrain and challenging climbing routes.
- 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: Glacier du Tour Target entity description: Glacier du Tour is a valley glacier in the Mont Blanc massif of the French Alps, known for its extensive ice fields and popular mountaineering routes near the village of Le Tour.
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A.
Glacier de Tré-la-Tête
Glacier de Tré-la-Tête is a major valley glacier in the Mont Blanc massif of the French Alps, known for its extensive ice cover and role in regional hydrology and mountaineering.
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B.
Glacier des Bossons
Glacier des Bossons is a prominent valley glacier on the French side of the Mont Blanc massif, known for descending close to the Chamonix valley and being one of the most visible glaciers in the Alps.
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C.
Glacier de Bionnassay
Glacier de Bionnassay is a prominent alpine glacier in the Mont Blanc massif of the French Alps, known for its steep icefalls and dramatic descent toward the Bionnassay valley.
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D.
Glacier de Leschaux
Glacier de Leschaux is a major valley glacier in the Mont Blanc massif of the French Alps, known for its dramatic ice flows and access to classic alpine climbing routes.
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E.
Glacier du Mont Maudit
Glacier du Mont Maudit is a high-altitude Alpine glacier on the Mont Maudit massif in the Mont Blanc range of the French-Italian Alps, known among mountaineers for its crevassed terrain and challenging climbing routes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
glacier
ⓘ
valley glacier ⓘ |
| accessPoint |
Col de Balme area
ⓘ
village of Le Tour ⓘ |
| climateZone | alpine climate ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| drainsInto | Arve river basin ⓘ |
| geologicalSetting |
Mont Blanc massif
ⓘ
surface form:
Mont Blanc crystalline massif
|
| hasAvalancheRisk | true ⓘ |
| hasCrevasseBridges | snow bridges ⓘ |
| hasCrevasseRisk | seasonal ⓘ |
| hasCrevasses | true ⓘ |
| hasFeature | extensive ice fields ⓘ |
| hasMoraineType |
lateral moraines
ⓘ
terminal moraines ⓘ |
| hasSeasonalAccess | summer ⓘ |
| hasSeracs | true ⓘ |
| hasSnowfield | true ⓘ |
| hasSurfaceChange |
retreat of terminus
ⓘ
thinning ⓘ |
| hasUse |
alpine climbing training
ⓘ
glacier hiking ⓘ mountaineering ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
Mont-Blanc glacial system
ⓘ
surface form:
Mont Blanc massif glacier system
|
| isRetreating | true ⓘ |
| isSubjectOf |
alpine guidebooks
ⓘ
glaciological studies ⓘ |
| isTouristDestination | true ⓘ |
| languageOfToponym | French ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region
ⓘ
surface form:
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
French Alps ⓘ Haute-Savoie ⓘ Mont Blanc massif ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Le Tour ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | Tour Glacier in French ⓘ |
| nearBorderWith | Switzerland ⓘ |
| nearestTown |
Chamonix
ⓘ
surface form:
Chamonix-Mont-Blanc
|
| partOf |
Alps
ⓘ
Mont Blanc massif ⓘ
surface form:
Mont Blanc group
|
| popularActivity |
alpine photography
ⓘ
guided glacier tours ⓘ ski mountaineering ⓘ |
| region |
Chamonix
ⓘ
surface form:
Chamonix valley
|
| surfaceType | ice ⓘ |
| usedFor |
glaciology fieldwork
ⓘ
mountaineering courses ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Glacier du Tour Description of subject: Glacier du Tour is a valley glacier in the Mont Blanc massif of the French Alps, known for its extensive ice fields and popular mountaineering routes near the village of Le Tour.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Le Tour–Balme