Shiveluch

E45095

active volcano stratovolcano

Shiveluch is one of the largest and most active stratovolcanoes on Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula, known for its frequent explosive eruptions and extensive ash plumes.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Shiveluch canonical	2
Old Shiveluch	1
Sheveluch	1
Shiveluch volcano	1
Young Shiveluch	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T347826 — 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: Shiveluch
Context triple: [Kamchatka volcanic arc, notableVolcano, Shiveluch]

A. Klyuchevskoy
Klyuchevskoy is one of the most active and prominent stratovolcanoes on Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula, known for its frequent explosive eruptions and towering, symmetrical cone.
B. Karymsky
Karymsky is an active stratovolcano on Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula, known as one of the region’s most persistently erupting and studied volcanoes.
C. Mount Tambora
Mount Tambora is a massive stratovolcano on the Indonesian island of Sumbawa, best known for its cataclysmic 1815 eruption that caused global climatic effects and the "Year Without a Summer."
D. Mount Elbrus
Mount Elbrus is a dormant stratovolcano in the Caucasus Mountains of Russia and the highest peak on the European continent.
E. Medicine Lake Volcano
Medicine Lake Volcano is a large, shield-shaped volcano in northeastern California known for its extensive lava flows and location within the Cascade Volcanic Arc.
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: Shiveluch
Target entity description: Shiveluch is one of the largest and most active stratovolcanoes on Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula, known for its frequent explosive eruptions and extensive ash plumes.

A. Klyuchevskoy
Klyuchevskoy is one of the most active and prominent stratovolcanoes on Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula, known for its frequent explosive eruptions and towering, symmetrical cone.
B. Karymsky
Karymsky is an active stratovolcano on Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula, known as one of the region’s most persistently erupting and studied volcanoes.
C. Mount Tambora
Mount Tambora is a massive stratovolcano on the Indonesian island of Sumbawa, best known for its cataclysmic 1815 eruption that caused global climatic effects and the "Year Without a Summer."
D. Mount Elbrus
Mount Elbrus is a dormant stratovolcano in the Caucasus Mountains of Russia and the highest peak on the European continent.
E. Medicine Lake Volcano
Medicine Lake Volcano is a large, shield-shaped volcano in northeastern California known for its extensive lava flows and location within the Cascade Volcanic Arc.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	active volcano ⓘ stratovolcano ⓘ
continent	Asia ⓘ
country	Russia ⓘ
elevation	approximately 10850 ft ⓘ approximately 3307 m ⓘ
eruptionColumnHeight	ash plumes can reach stratosphere ⓘ
eruptionFrequency	frequently active ⓘ
eruptionProducts	andesitic to basaltic-andesitic lava ⓘ ash ⓘ pyroclastic material ⓘ
eruptionStyle	Plinian eruptions ⓘ Vulcanian eruptions ⓘ explosive eruptions ⓘ lava dome growth and collapse ⓘ
geologicalAge	Pleistocene to Holocene ⓘ
hasComponent	Shiveluch self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Old Shiveluch Shiveluch self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Young Shiveluch central lava dome complex ⓘ
hasCrater	summit crater with lava dome ⓘ
hazard	ash plumes ⓘ lahars ⓘ pyroclastic flows ⓘ tephra fall ⓘ
knownFor	frequent explosive eruptions ⓘ large ash plumes ⓘ one of the largest volcanoes in Kamchatka ⓘ one of the most active volcanoes in Kamchatka ⓘ
languageOfName	Russian ⓘ
locatedIn	Kamchatka Krai ⓘ Kamchatka Peninsula ⓘ
locatedOn	Kamchatka Peninsula ⓘ Kamchatka volcanic arc ⓘ Pacific Ring of Fire ⓘ
monitoredBy	KVERT ⓘ Kamchatka Volcanic Eruption Response Team ⓘ Russian Academy of Sciences ⓘ satellite remote sensing ⓘ
mountainRange	Kamchatka volcanic arc ⓘ surface form: Eastern Range of Kamchatka
nameInRussian	Шивелуч ⓘ
partOf	Kamchatka volcanic arc ⓘ surface form: Northern group of Kamchatka volcanoes
region	Russia Far East ⓘ surface form: Russian Far East
riskTo	air traffic over North Pacific ⓘ nearby settlements in Kamchatka ⓘ
tectonicPlate	Okhotsk Plate ⓘ Pacific Plate ⓘ
tectonicSetting	subduction zone volcano ⓘ
volcanoType	andesitic volcano ⓘ stratovolcano ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kamchatka volcanic arc → notableVolcano → Shiveluch ⓘ

Kuril–Kamchatka subduction system → hasVolcano → Shiveluch ⓘ

this entity surface form: Shiveluch volcano

Shiveluch → hasComponent → Shiveluch self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Shiveluch

Shiveluch → hasComponent → Shiveluch self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Young Shiveluch

Шивелуч → известенКак → Shiveluch ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sheveluch