Gran Glaciar Norte
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Gran Glaciar Norte is the largest and most prominent glacier on Mexico’s Pico de Orizaba volcano, forming a major part of its high-altitude ice cap.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Gran Glaciar Norte canonical | 1 |
| Pico de Orizaba ice cap | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T62249 — 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: Gran Glaciar Norte Context triple: [Pico de Orizaba, notableGlacier, Gran Glaciar Norte]
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A.
Ojos del Salado
Ojos del Salado is a massive stratovolcano in the Andes on the Argentina–Chile border, recognized as the highest active volcano in the world.
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B.
Cerro Manqui
Cerro Manqui is a mountain in Chile’s Atacama Desert that hosts major astronomical observatories, including the Baade Telescope at Las Campanas Observatory.
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C.
Patagonia
Patagonia is a sparsely populated region at the southern end of South America, renowned for its dramatic mountains, glaciers, and windswept plains shared by Chile and Argentina.
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D.
Mont Blanc
Mont Blanc is the tallest mountain in the Alps and Western Europe, straddling the border between France and Italy and renowned for mountaineering and skiing.
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E.
Andes
The Andes is the longest continental mountain range in the world, stretching along the western edge of South America and encompassing some of the planet’s highest peaks outside of Asia.
- 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: Gran Glaciar Norte Target entity description: Gran Glaciar Norte is the largest and most prominent glacier on Mexico’s Pico de Orizaba volcano, forming a major part of its high-altitude ice cap.
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A.
Ojos del Salado
Ojos del Salado is a massive stratovolcano in the Andes on the Argentina–Chile border, recognized as the highest active volcano in the world.
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B.
Cerro Manqui
Cerro Manqui is a mountain in Chile’s Atacama Desert that hosts major astronomical observatories, including the Baade Telescope at Las Campanas Observatory.
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C.
Patagonia
Patagonia is a sparsely populated region at the southern end of South America, renowned for its dramatic mountains, glaciers, and windswept plains shared by Chile and Argentina.
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D.
Mont Blanc
Mont Blanc is the tallest mountain in the Alps and Western Europe, straddling the border between France and Italy and renowned for mountaineering and skiing.
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E.
Andes
The Andes is the longest continental mountain range in the world, stretching along the western edge of South America and encompassing some of the planet’s highest peaks outside of Asia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
glacier
ⓘ
mountain glacier ⓘ |
| affectedBy | climate change ⓘ |
| belongsTo |
glaciers of Mexico
ⓘ
glaciers of North America ⓘ |
| climateZone |
alpine
ⓘ
tropical high-mountain ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country | Mexico ⓘ |
| drainageDirection | northward ⓘ |
| elevationRange | approximately 4800–5600 metres above sea level ⓘ |
| fedBy |
snow accumulation
ⓘ
wind-blown snow ⓘ |
| formsMajorPartOf | high-altitude ice cap of Pico de Orizaba ⓘ |
| geologicalSetting | Quaternary volcanic edifice ⓘ |
| hazard |
avalanches
ⓘ
crevasse falls ⓘ icefall ⓘ |
| highestElevation | near 5610 metres above sea level ⓘ |
| isClimbingRouteFeatureOn | Pico de Orizaba ⓘ |
| isLargestGlacierOn | Pico de Orizaba ⓘ |
| isMostProminentGlacierOn | Pico de Orizaba ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Puebla
ⓘ
Veracruz ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Pico de Orizaba ⓘ |
| lowestElevation | around 4800 metres above sea level ⓘ |
| mountainRange | Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt ⓘ |
| near | border of Veracruz and Puebla ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being one of the few remaining tropical glaciers in North America
ⓘ
being the largest glacier on Pico de Orizaba ⓘ |
| onStratovolcano | Pico de Orizaba ⓘ |
| onVolcano | Pico de Orizaba ⓘ |
| orientation | north ⓘ |
| partOf |
Pico de Orizaba glacial system
ⓘ
Gran Glaciar Norte self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Pico de Orizaba ice cap
|
| region | eastern Mexico ⓘ |
| relativeLocation | northern flank of Pico de Orizaba ⓘ |
| status | retreating ⓘ |
| surfaceFeature |
crevasses
ⓘ
seracs ⓘ |
| surfaceType | ice ⓘ |
| terminusType | ice and rock slope ⓘ |
| underlies | standard north-face climbing routes on Pico de Orizaba ⓘ |
| usedFor |
glacier travel training
ⓘ
mountaineering ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Gran Glaciar Norte Description of subject: Gran Glaciar Norte is the largest and most prominent glacier on Mexico’s Pico de Orizaba volcano, forming a major part of its high-altitude ice cap.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Pico de Orizaba ice cap