Blue Glacier (Olympic Mountains)
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Blue Glacier is a prominent valley glacier on Washington's Mount Olympus, known for its striking blue ice and role as a key source of the Hoh River.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Blue Glacier (Olympic Mountains) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6046044 — 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: Blue Glacier (Olympic Mountains) Context triple: [Mount Olympus (Washington), hasGlacier, Blue Glacier (Olympic Mountains)]
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A.
Suiattle Glacier
Suiattle Glacier is a major valley glacier on the flanks of Glacier Peak in the North Cascades of Washington State, known for its significant retreat over the past century.
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B.
Nisqually Glacier
Nisqually Glacier is a major valley glacier on the southern flank of Mount Rainier in Washington State, known for its accessibility, long-term glaciological studies, and visible signs of climate-driven retreat.
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C.
White Salmon Glacier
White Salmon Glacier is a prominent glacier on the slopes of Mount Adams in Washington State, known for its alpine ice and role in feeding local watersheds.
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D.
Clark Glacier
Clark Glacier is a mountain glacier located on the slopes of the Three Sisters volcanic peaks in the Cascade Range of Oregon.
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E.
Whitewater Glacier
Whitewater Glacier is a mountain glacier located on the slopes of Mount Jefferson in the Cascade Range of Oregon.
- 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: Blue Glacier (Olympic Mountains) Target entity description: Blue Glacier is a prominent valley glacier on Washington's Mount Olympus, known for its striking blue ice and role as a key source of the Hoh River.
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A.
Suiattle Glacier
Suiattle Glacier is a major valley glacier on the flanks of Glacier Peak in the North Cascades of Washington State, known for its significant retreat over the past century.
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B.
Nisqually Glacier
Nisqually Glacier is a major valley glacier on the southern flank of Mount Rainier in Washington State, known for its accessibility, long-term glaciological studies, and visible signs of climate-driven retreat.
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C.
White Salmon Glacier
White Salmon Glacier is a prominent glacier on the slopes of Mount Adams in Washington State, known for its alpine ice and role in feeding local watersheds.
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D.
Clark Glacier
Clark Glacier is a mountain glacier located on the slopes of the Three Sisters volcanic peaks in the Cascade Range of Oregon.
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E.
Whitewater Glacier
Whitewater Glacier is a mountain glacier located on the slopes of Mount Jefferson in the Cascade Range of Oregon.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | valley glacier ⓘ |
| accessTrail | Hoh River Trail NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| area |
approximately 2.0 square miles
ⓘ
approximately 5.3 square kilometers ⓘ |
| climateZone | maritime ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| drainsInto | Hoh River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| elevationMax |
about 2100 meters
ⓘ
about 6900 feet ⓘ |
| elevationMin |
about 1200 meters
ⓘ
about 3900 feet ⓘ |
| firstMajorMeltwaterRecipient | Hoh River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geologicalSetting | Olympic Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| glacierType | valley glacier ⓘ |
| hasColor | blue ⓘ |
| hasFeature | blue ice ⓘ |
| hydrologicalBasin | Pacific Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isSourceOf | Hoh River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| length |
about 2.7 miles
ⓘ
about 4.3 kilometers ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Jefferson County, Washington
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Olympic Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ Olympic National Park NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
Washington ⓘ
surface form:
Washington (state)
|
| locatedOn | Mount Olympus (Washington) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mountainRange | Olympic Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | its blue-colored ice ⓘ |
| nationalPark | Olympic National Park NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| near | Hoh Rain Forest NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being a major source of the Hoh River
ⓘ
striking blue ice ⓘ |
| partOf | Mount Olympus glacier system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryAspect | northwest ⓘ |
| protectedArea | Olympic National Park NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Pacific Northwest ⓘ |
| state | Washington (state) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | retreating ⓘ |
| surfaceFeature |
crevasses
ⓘ
seracs ⓘ |
| terminusType |
icefall
ⓘ
moraine ⓘ |
| usedFor |
climbing access to Mount Olympus
ⓘ
glaciological research ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Blue Glacier (Olympic Mountains) Description of subject: Blue Glacier is a prominent valley glacier on Washington's Mount Olympus, known for its striking blue ice and role as a key source of the Hoh River.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.