Clipperton Island
E331857
Clipperton Island is an uninhabited French coral atoll in the eastern Pacific Ocean, known for its remote location and unique marine ecosystem.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Clipperton Island canonical | 2 |
| Clipperton Atoll | 1 |
| Clipperton Island region | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2680111 — 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: Clipperton Island Context triple: [French overseas territories, include, Clipperton Island]
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A.
Henderson Island
Henderson Island is a remote, uninhabited coral island in the South Pacific Ocean, renowned for its near-pristine ecosystem and status as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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B.
San Nicolas Island
San Nicolas Island is a remote, windswept island off the coast of Southern California known for its U.S. Navy facilities and as the setting of the story "Island of the Blue Dolphins."
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C.
Revillagigedo Island
Revillagigedo Island is a large island in southeastern Alaska’s Alexander Archipelago, known for hosting the city of Ketchikan and its surrounding coastal rainforest environment.
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D.
Palmyra Atoll
Palmyra Atoll is a remote, uninhabited coral atoll in the central Pacific Ocean known for its rich marine biodiversity and status as a U.S. National Wildlife Refuge.
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E.
Guava Island
Guava Island is a 2019 musical film starring Donald Glover and Rihanna, blending music, romance, and political allegory on a fictional Caribbean island.
- 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: Clipperton Island Target entity description: Clipperton Island is an uninhabited French coral atoll in the eastern Pacific Ocean, known for its remote location and unique marine ecosystem.
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A.
Henderson Island
Henderson Island is a remote, uninhabited coral island in the South Pacific Ocean, renowned for its near-pristine ecosystem and status as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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B.
San Nicolas Island
San Nicolas Island is a remote, windswept island off the coast of Southern California known for its U.S. Navy facilities and as the setting of the story "Island of the Blue Dolphins."
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C.
Revillagigedo Island
Revillagigedo Island is a large island in southeastern Alaska’s Alexander Archipelago, known for hosting the city of Ketchikan and its surrounding coastal rainforest environment.
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D.
Palmyra Atoll
Palmyra Atoll is a remote, uninhabited coral atoll in the central Pacific Ocean known for its rich marine biodiversity and status as a U.S. National Wildlife Refuge.
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E.
Guava Island
Guava Island is a 2019 musical film starring Donald Glover and Rihanna, blending music, romance, and political allegory on a fictional Caribbean island.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
coral atoll
ⓘ
overseas minor territory ⓘ uninhabited island ⓘ |
| administeredBy |
France
ⓘ
French Ministry of Overseas France ⓘ |
| arbitrationAwardedTo | France ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| disputeResolvedBy | international arbitration in 1931 ⓘ |
| distanceToNearestMainland | over 1,000 kilometers from the Mexican coast ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Clipperton Island
ⓘ
surface form:
Clipperton Atoll
Île de la Passion ⓘ |
| hasArea | about 6 square kilometers ⓘ |
| hasCapital | none ⓘ |
| hasClimate | tropical oceanic climate ⓘ |
| hasEcosystem |
coral reef ecosystem
ⓘ
tropical marine ecosystem ⓘ |
| hasExclusiveEconomicZoneArea | about 435,000 square kilometers ⓘ |
| hasFauna |
crabs
ⓘ
reef fish ⓘ seabird colonies ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
central brackish lagoon
ⓘ
encircling coral reef ⓘ guano deposits ⓘ |
| hasFlora |
coconut palms
ⓘ
sparse vegetation ⓘ |
| hasGeologicalType | coral atoll surrounding a lagoon ⓘ |
| hasHighestPoint | about 29 meters above sea level ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalClaim |
claimed by France
ⓘ
formerly disputed by Mexico ⓘ |
| hasHumanPresence |
occasional amateur radio expeditions
ⓘ
occasional military visits ⓘ occasional scientific expeditions ⓘ |
| hasLagoonArea | about 7 square kilometers ⓘ |
| hasLargestSettlement | none ⓘ |
| hasOfficialLanguage | French ⓘ |
| hasPermanentPopulation | false ⓘ |
| hasTimeZone | UTC−08:00 ⓘ |
| isRemote | true ⓘ |
| knownFor |
extreme isolation
ⓘ
important seabird breeding grounds ⓘ unique marine biodiversity ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Pacific Ocean
ⓘ
eastern Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
| locatedInExclusiveEconomicZoneOf | France ⓘ |
| namedAfter | John Clipperton ⓘ |
| partOf |
French overseas territories
ⓘ
French possessions in the Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
| sovereignState | France ⓘ |
| territorialStatus | French possession with no permanent civilian population ⓘ |
| uninhabited | true ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: Clipperton Island Description of subject: Clipperton Island is an uninhabited French coral atoll in the eastern Pacific Ocean, known for its remote location and unique marine ecosystem.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Clipperton Island region
this entity surface form:
Clipperton Atoll