Glocknerkees glacier
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Glocknerkees glacier is a prominent alpine glacier on Austria’s Grossglockner massif, known for its dramatic high-mountain ice scenery and accessibility to climbers and hikers.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Glocknerkees glacier canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4348013 — 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: Glocknerkees glacier Context triple: [Erzherzog-Johann-Hütte, hasViewOf, Glocknerkees glacier]
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Blüemlisalp Glacier
Blüemlisalp Glacier is a mountain glacier in the Bernese Alps of Switzerland, lying on the northern slopes of the Blüemlisalp massif and contributing to the region’s high-alpine landscape.
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Stubai Glacier
Stubai Glacier is a major ski and glacier area in the Austrian Alps, known for its extensive high-altitude slopes and year-round skiing opportunities.
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Gornergletscher
Gornergletscher is a major valley glacier in the Pennine Alps near Zermatt, Switzerland, known for its extensive ice fields and proximity to the Matterhorn and Monte Rosa.
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Polish Glacier
Polish Glacier is a prominent and challenging ice route on the eastern face of Aconcagua, renowned among mountaineers for its steep, high-altitude climbing.
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Gletsch
Gletsch is a small Swiss hamlet in the canton of Valais, known as a historic staging point near the sources of the Rhône and at the junction of the Furka and Grimsel mountain passes.
- 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: Glocknerkees glacier Target entity description: Glocknerkees glacier is a prominent alpine glacier on Austria’s Grossglockner massif, known for its dramatic high-mountain ice scenery and accessibility to climbers and hikers.
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A.
Blüemlisalp Glacier
Blüemlisalp Glacier is a mountain glacier in the Bernese Alps of Switzerland, lying on the northern slopes of the Blüemlisalp massif and contributing to the region’s high-alpine landscape.
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B.
Stubai Glacier
Stubai Glacier is a major ski and glacier area in the Austrian Alps, known for its extensive high-altitude slopes and year-round skiing opportunities.
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C.
Gornergletscher
Gornergletscher is a major valley glacier in the Pennine Alps near Zermatt, Switzerland, known for its extensive ice fields and proximity to the Matterhorn and Monte Rosa.
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D.
Polish Glacier
Polish Glacier is a prominent and challenging ice route on the eastern face of Aconcagua, renowned among mountaineers for its steep, high-altitude climbing.
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E.
Gletsch
Gletsch is a small Swiss hamlet in the canton of Valais, known as a historic staging point near the sources of the Rhône and at the junction of the Furka and Grimsel mountain passes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
alpine glacier
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glacier ⓘ |
| access |
marked alpine routes
ⓘ
mountain huts ⓘ |
| climateChangeEffect |
retreating
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shrinking area ⓘ thinning ice ⓘ |
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| country | Austria ⓘ |
| drainageBasin | Danube basin ⓘ |
| drainsInto | Möll River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| elevation | above 2000 metres ⓘ |
| feature |
crevassed icefall
ⓘ
glacial stream ⓘ high-mountain cirque ⓘ moraines ⓘ |
| hazard |
avalanches
ⓘ
crevasses ⓘ serac fall ⓘ |
| highestElevation | around 3400 metres ⓘ |
| languageOfToponym | German ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Alps
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Central Eastern Alps NERFINISHED ⓘ Grossglockner massif NERFINISHED ⓘ Hohe Tauern NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInProtectedArea | Hohe Tauern National Park NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| lowestElevation | around 2200 metres ⓘ |
| mountainRange | Hohe Tauern NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nameElementMeaning | "Kees" means glacier in Alpine German dialects ⓘ |
| near |
Grossglockner
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pasterze Glacier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
accessibility to climbers and hikers
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dramatic high-mountain ice scenery ⓘ |
| partOf | Grossglockner group NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
Carinthia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tyrol NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
alpine climbing
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alpine research ⓘ glacier hiking ⓘ glaciological monitoring ⓘ mountaineering ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Glocknerkees glacier Description of subject: Glocknerkees glacier is a prominent alpine glacier on Austria’s Grossglockner massif, known for its dramatic high-mountain ice scenery and accessibility to climbers and hikers.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.