Saint Paul Island
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Saint Paul Island is a remote volcanic island in the Bering Sea, known for its large northern fur seal rookeries and as one of the main inhabited islands of Alaska’s Pribilof Islands.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| St. Paul Island | 4 |
| Saint Paul Island canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3462103 — 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: Saint Paul Island Context triple: [Pribilof Islands, hasMajorIsland, Saint Paul Island]
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A.
St. Lawrence Island
St. Lawrence Island is a large, sparsely populated island in the Bering Sea, known for its predominantly Siberian Yupik communities and its location between Alaska and Russia.
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B.
Tuluwat Island
Tuluwat Island is a small island in Northern California’s Humboldt Bay that is historically significant as the ancestral homeland and cultural center of the Wiyot people.
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C.
Stratton Island
Stratton Island is a small coastal island off Scarborough, Maine, known for its protected seabird nesting colonies and wildlife habitat.
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D.
Howland Island
Howland Island is an uninhabited U.S. coral island in the central Pacific Ocean, best known as a remote wildlife refuge and as a landmark near Amelia Earhart’s last flight.
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E.
Nunivak Island
Nunivak Island is a large, remote island in the Bering Sea off the coast of Alaska, known for its predominantly Central Alaskan Yup’ik population, traditional subsistence lifestyle, and unique cultural heritage.
- 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: Saint Paul Island Target entity description: Saint Paul Island is a remote volcanic island in the Bering Sea, known for its large northern fur seal rookeries and as one of the main inhabited islands of Alaska’s Pribilof Islands.
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A.
St. Lawrence Island
St. Lawrence Island is a large, sparsely populated island in the Bering Sea, known for its predominantly Siberian Yupik communities and its location between Alaska and Russia.
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B.
Tuluwat Island
Tuluwat Island is a small island in Northern California’s Humboldt Bay that is historically significant as the ancestral homeland and cultural center of the Wiyot people.
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C.
Stratton Island
Stratton Island is a small coastal island off Scarborough, Maine, known for its protected seabird nesting colonies and wildlife habitat.
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D.
Howland Island
Howland Island is an uninhabited U.S. coral island in the central Pacific Ocean, best known as a remote wildlife refuge and as a landmark near Amelia Earhart’s last flight.
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E.
Nunivak Island
Nunivak Island is a large, remote island in the Bering Sea off the coast of Alaska, known for its predominantly Central Alaskan Yup’ik population, traditional subsistence lifestyle, and unique cultural heritage.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
island
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populated place ⓘ volcanic island ⓘ |
| administrativeStatus | within Aleutians West Census Area, Alaska ⓘ |
| area |
approximately 110 square kilometers
ⓘ
approximately 42 square miles ⓘ |
| climate | subarctic maritime climate ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| discoveredBy | Gavriil Pribylov NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discoveryByRussians | 1786 ⓘ |
| distanceToMainland | approximately 300 miles west of mainland Alaska ⓘ |
| elevation | approximately 203 meters ⓘ |
| ethnicGroups |
Aleut
ⓘ
surface form:
Aleut (Unangan) people
|
| governedAs | City of Saint Paul, Alaska ⓘ |
| hasAirport | St. Paul Island Airport ⓘ |
| hasHarbor | St. Paul Harbor ⓘ |
| hasLighthouse | St. Paul Island Light ⓘ |
| hasSettlement | City of Saint Paul ⓘ |
| hasSpeciesColony |
Steller sea lion
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common murre ⓘ horned puffin ⓘ northern fur seal ⓘ common murre ⓘ
surface form:
thick-billed murre
tufted puffin ⓘ various auklets ⓘ |
| highestPoint | Rush Hill ⓘ |
| knownFor |
birdwatching tourism
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commercial fishing ⓘ large seabird colonies ⓘ northern fur seal rookeries ⓘ remote location ⓘ |
| largestSettlement | City of Saint Paul ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Alaska
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Aleutians West Census Area ⓘ Bering Sea ⓘ Pribilof Islands ⓘ Unorganized Borough, Alaska ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Apostle Paul
ⓘ
surface form:
Saint Paul the Apostle
|
| partOf | Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge ⓘ |
| population | approximately 500 ⓘ |
| populationCenter | Saint Paul ⓘ |
| primaryEconomicActivity |
commercial fishing
ⓘ
eco-tourism ⓘ seafood processing ⓘ subsistence hunting and fishing ⓘ |
| region |
Aleutian Islands
ⓘ
surface form:
Aleutian Islands region of Alaska
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| surroundedBy | Bering Sea ⓘ |
| timeZone | Alaska Time Zone ⓘ |
| volcanicOrigin | yes ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Saint Paul Island Description of subject: Saint Paul Island is a remote volcanic island in the Bering Sea, known for its large northern fur seal rookeries and as one of the main inhabited islands of Alaska’s Pribilof Islands.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
St. Paul Island
this entity surface form:
St. Paul Island
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St. Paul Island
this entity surface form:
St. Paul Island