Wheeler Peak Glacier
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Wheeler Peak Glacier is a small alpine glacier nestled on the slopes of Wheeler Peak in Nevada’s Snake Range, notable as one of the southernmost glaciers in the United States.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Wheeler Peak Glacier canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T298077 — 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: Wheeler Peak Glacier Context triple: [Snake Range, contains, Wheeler Peak Glacier]
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A.
Miage Glacier
Miage Glacier is a large valley glacier on the Italian side of the Mont Blanc massif, notable for its extensive debris-covered surface.
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B.
Bionnassay Glacier
Bionnassay Glacier is a prominent alpine glacier on the western flank of the Mont Blanc massif in the French Alps.
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C.
Mendenhall Glacier
Mendenhall Glacier is a 13-mile-long valley glacier in the Tongass National Forest of southeast Alaska, renowned for its striking blue ice, accessible visitor center, and dramatic retreat due to climate change.
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D.
Juneau Icefield
The Juneau Icefield is a vast expanse of interconnected glaciers and snowfields in the Coast Mountains of Alaska and British Columbia, known as one of the largest icefields in North America and a major source of glaciers around Juneau.
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E.
Mount Dana
Mount Dana is a prominent high-elevation peak on the eastern edge of Yosemite National Park in California’s Sierra Nevada, known for its sweeping alpine views and relatively accessible summit hike.
- 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: Wheeler Peak Glacier Target entity description: Wheeler Peak Glacier is a small alpine glacier nestled on the slopes of Wheeler Peak in Nevada’s Snake Range, notable as one of the southernmost glaciers in the United States.
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A.
Miage Glacier
Miage Glacier is a large valley glacier on the Italian side of the Mont Blanc massif, notable for its extensive debris-covered surface.
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B.
Bionnassay Glacier
Bionnassay Glacier is a prominent alpine glacier on the western flank of the Mont Blanc massif in the French Alps.
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C.
Mendenhall Glacier
Mendenhall Glacier is a 13-mile-long valley glacier in the Tongass National Forest of southeast Alaska, renowned for its striking blue ice, accessible visitor center, and dramatic retreat due to climate change.
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D.
Juneau Icefield
The Juneau Icefield is a vast expanse of interconnected glaciers and snowfields in the Coast Mountains of Alaska and British Columbia, known as one of the largest icefields in North America and a major source of glaciers around Juneau.
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E.
Mount Dana
Mount Dana is a prominent high-elevation peak on the eastern edge of Yosemite National Park in California’s Sierra Nevada, known for its sweeping alpine views and relatively accessible summit hike.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
alpine glacier
ⓘ
glacier ⓘ |
| accessPoint | Wheeler Peak Scenic Drive ⓘ |
| affectedBy | climate change ⓘ |
| climateZone | alpine climate ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| discoveredBy | Euro-American explorers in the late 19th or early 20th century ⓘ |
| elevation | approximately 3,500–3,700 meters above sea level ⓘ |
| formationType | cirque glacier ⓘ |
| geologicalContext | part of the Basin and Range Province ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
crevasses
ⓘ
moraines ⓘ perennial ice ⓘ |
| hasNearbyFeature |
Wheeler Peak Bristlecone Pine Grove
ⓘ
Wheeler Peak Trail ⓘ
surface form:
Wheeler Peak summit trail
|
| hydrologicalRole | source of meltwater for local streams ⓘ |
| latitude | approximately 39.0° N ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Nevada
ⓘ
Snake Range ⓘ Wheeler Peak ⓘ White Pine County, Nevada ⓘ |
| locatedInProtectedArea | Great Basin National Park ⓘ |
| locatedOnSlopeOf | northeast slope of Wheeler Peak ⓘ |
| longitude | approximately 114.3° W ⓘ |
| mountainRange | Snake Range ⓘ |
| nearestSummit | Wheeler Peak ⓘ |
| nearestTown | Baker, Nevada ⓘ |
| notableAs |
one of the few remaining glaciers in Nevada
ⓘ
one of the southernmost glaciers in the United States ⓘ |
| partOf |
Great Basin Desert
ⓘ
surface form:
Great Basin
|
| protectedBy |
National Park Service
ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. National Park Service
|
| state | Nevada ⓘ |
| status | retreating ⓘ |
| tourism | viewed from hiking trails in Great Basin National Park ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Wheeler Peak Glacier Description of subject: Wheeler Peak Glacier is a small alpine glacier nestled on the slopes of Wheeler Peak in Nevada’s Snake Range, notable as one of the southernmost glaciers in the United States.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.