Pegasus Field
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Pegasus Field was a former blue-ice runway airfield near McMurdo Station in Antarctica that supported large wheeled aircraft operations for U.S. Antarctic Program logistics.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Pegasus Field canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6093945 — 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: Pegasus Field Context triple: [McMurdo Station, hasAirfield, Pegasus Field]
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A.
Lorenz Field
Lorenz Field is a soccer stadium in Corvallis, Oregon, primarily known as the home venue for Oregon State University’s soccer programs.
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B.
Rhodes Field
Rhodes Field is the University of Pennsylvania's main soccer stadium, serving as the home venue for the Penn Quakers men's and women's soccer teams.
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C.
Reeves Field
Reeves Field is the primary soccer stadium and athletic facility located on the campus of American University in Washington, D.C.
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D.
Phoenix Airfield
Phoenix Airfield is a seasonal snow runway near McMurdo Station in Antarctica that supports ski-equipped aircraft operations for scientific and logistical missions on the continent.
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E.
Parsons Field
Parsons Field is a multi-purpose athletic stadium in Brookline, Massachusetts, best known as the longtime home venue for Northeastern University's baseball and other sports teams.
- 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: Pegasus Field Target entity description: Pegasus Field was a former blue-ice runway airfield near McMurdo Station in Antarctica that supported large wheeled aircraft operations for U.S. Antarctic Program logistics.
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A.
Lorenz Field
Lorenz Field is a soccer stadium in Corvallis, Oregon, primarily known as the home venue for Oregon State University’s soccer programs.
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B.
Rhodes Field
Rhodes Field is the University of Pennsylvania's main soccer stadium, serving as the home venue for the Penn Quakers men's and women's soccer teams.
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C.
Reeves Field
Reeves Field is the primary soccer stadium and athletic facility located on the campus of American University in Washington, D.C.
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D.
Phoenix Airfield
Phoenix Airfield is a seasonal snow runway near McMurdo Station in Antarctica that supports ski-equipped aircraft operations for scientific and logistical missions on the continent.
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E.
Parsons Field
Parsons Field is a multi-purpose athletic stadium in Brookline, Massachusetts, best known as the longtime home venue for Northeastern University's baseball and other sports teams.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
airfield
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blue-ice runway ⓘ runway ⓘ |
| closureReason |
climate-related warming effects
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melting of ice surface ⓘ runway deterioration ⓘ |
| continent | Antarctica ⓘ |
| country | Antarctica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distanceFrom | approximately 15–20 miles from McMurdo Station ⓘ |
| elevation | 0 m ⓘ |
| environmentType | polar ⓘ |
| featureType | seasonal airfield ⓘ |
| ICAOCode | NZPG NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear | McMurdo Station NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Ross Ice Shelf NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Pegasus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedFor | C-121 Lockheed Constellation Pegasus aircraft NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
National Science Foundation
NERFINISHED
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United States Antarctic Program NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operationalRole | primary blue-ice runway for McMurdo area ⓘ |
| partOf | McMurdo Station airfield complex NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryUsePeriod | austral summer ⓘ |
| region | Ross Dependency NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedEvent | crash of C-121 Pegasus in 1970 ⓘ |
| replaced | Williams Field for wheeled aircraft operations NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| replacedBy | Phoenix Airfield NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| runwayLength |
10000 ft
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3048 m ⓘ |
| runwayOrientation | 15/33 ⓘ |
| runwaySurface |
blue ice
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compacted snow ⓘ |
| serves |
McMurdo Station
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Scott Base NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | closed ⓘ |
| supportedAircraftType |
C-17 Globemaster III
NERFINISHED
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LC-130 Hercules NERFINISHED ⓘ commercial charter aircraft ⓘ |
| supportingProgram | U.S. Antarctic Program NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
cargo transport
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intercontinental flights ⓘ logistics ⓘ passenger transport ⓘ wheeled aircraft operations ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Pegasus Field Description of subject: Pegasus Field was a former blue-ice runway airfield near McMurdo Station in Antarctica that supported large wheeled aircraft operations for U.S. Antarctic Program logistics.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.