Verige Strait
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Verige Strait is a narrow, strategically important waterway at the entrance of Montenegro’s Bay of Kotor, historically used for defense and maritime control.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Verige Strait canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4938171 — 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: Verige Strait Context triple: [Bay of Kotor, connectsTo, Verige Strait]
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A.
Nares Strait
Nares Strait is a narrow Arctic waterway between Greenland and Canada that links the Lincoln Sea to Baffin Bay and forms part of the Northwest Passage region.
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B.
Makanrushi Strait
Makanrushi Strait is a sea passage in the Kuril Islands chain, separating the island of Makanrushi from its neighboring islands in the northwest Pacific Ocean.
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C.
Barrow Strait
Barrow Strait is a navigable Arctic waterway in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago that forms part of the Northwest Passage between major islands such as Devon and Cornwallis.
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D.
Quark Strait
Quark Strait is a narrow waterway in the northern Baltic Sea that separates parts of Sweden and Finland and connects the Bothnian Sea with the Bothnian Bay.
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E.
La Pérouse Strait
La Pérouse Strait is a narrow international waterway between Japan’s Hokkaido and Russia’s Sakhalin Island that links the Sea of Japan with the Sea of Okhotsk.
- 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: Verige Strait Target entity description: Verige Strait is a narrow, strategically important waterway at the entrance of Montenegro’s Bay of Kotor, historically used for defense and maritime control.
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A.
Nares Strait
Nares Strait is a narrow Arctic waterway between Greenland and Canada that links the Lincoln Sea to Baffin Bay and forms part of the Northwest Passage region.
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B.
Makanrushi Strait
Makanrushi Strait is a sea passage in the Kuril Islands chain, separating the island of Makanrushi from its neighboring islands in the northwest Pacific Ocean.
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C.
Barrow Strait
Barrow Strait is a navigable Arctic waterway in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago that forms part of the Northwest Passage between major islands such as Devon and Cornwallis.
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D.
Quark Strait
Quark Strait is a narrow waterway in the northern Baltic Sea that separates parts of Sweden and Finland and connects the Bothnian Sea with the Bothnian Bay.
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E.
La Pérouse Strait
La Pérouse Strait is a narrow international waterway between Japan’s Hokkaido and Russia’s Sakhalin Island that links the Sea of Japan with the Sea of Okhotsk.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
strait
ⓘ
waterway ⓘ |
| belongsTo | territorial waters of Montenegro ⓘ |
| climateZone | Mediterranean climate ⓘ |
| country | Montenegro NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| crossedBy | Kamenari–Lepetane ferry route NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geographicalFeatureOf | Boka Kotorska region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCurrentUse |
commercial shipping route
ⓘ
local ferry transport ⓘ tourist boat passage ⓘ |
| hasFunction | main entrance channel to inner Bay of Kotor ⓘ |
| hasStrategicImportance |
defense of Bay of Kotor
ⓘ
maritime navigation control ⓘ |
| historicallyUsedBy |
Austro-Hungarian Empire
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Venetian Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ Yugoslav Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalRole |
defensive line for coastal fortifications
ⓘ
naval choke point ⓘ |
| knownFor |
narrow entrance to scenic Bay of Kotor
ⓘ
strategic maritime position in southern Adriatic ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Adriatic Sea
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bay of Kotor NERFINISHED ⓘ Boka Kotorska NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| navigationType | sea navigation ⓘ |
| nearbyFortification | Austro-Hungarian coastal forts in Bay of Kotor area ⓘ |
| nearbySettlement |
Kamenari
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lepetane NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearbyTown |
Herceg Novi
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kotor NERFINISHED ⓘ Tivat NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Montenegrin coastal waters
ⓘ
entrance of the Bay of Kotor ⓘ |
| region | Adriatic coast of Montenegro ⓘ |
| separates |
Lepetane from Kamenari vicinity
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tivat Bay from inner Bay of Kotor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| strategicFor |
access to Tivat Bay
ⓘ
access to port of Kotor ⓘ |
| usedFor |
control of naval access to Bay of Kotor
ⓘ
maritime defense ⓘ |
| waterBodyType | saltwater strait ⓘ |
| width | approximately 300 meters ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Verige Strait Description of subject: Verige Strait is a narrow, strategically important waterway at the entrance of Montenegro’s Bay of Kotor, historically used for defense and maritime control.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.