Glaciar Amalia
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Glaciar Amalia is a large tidewater glacier located in the Southern Patagonian Ice Field of Chile, known for its dramatic calving front and rapid retreat.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Glaciar Amalia canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6591657 — 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: Glaciar Amalia Context triple: [Amalia Glacier, hasNameInSpanish, Glaciar Amalia]
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A.
Horcones Glacier
Horcones Glacier is a prominent Andean glacier on the western flank of Aconcagua in Argentina, known as a key feature along the main climbing and trekking routes in the region.
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B.
Pichillancahue-Turbio glacier
Pichillancahue-Turbio glacier is a prominent valley glacier on the slopes of Chile’s Villarrica Volcano, known for its extensive ice fields and role in local hydrology and volcanic geomorphology.
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C.
O'Higgins Glacier
O'Higgins Glacier is a major outlet glacier of the Southern Patagonian Ice Field in Chile, known for its extensive ice mass and dramatic calving front into O'Higgins Lake.
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D.
Calderone Glacier
Calderone Glacier is a small, high-altitude glacier in Italy’s Apennine Mountains, often cited as one of Europe’s southernmost glaciers.
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E.
Cesar Glacier
Cesar Glacier is one of the small equatorial glaciers located on the slopes of Mount Kenya in central Kenya.
- 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: Glaciar Amalia Target entity description: Glaciar Amalia is a large tidewater glacier located in the Southern Patagonian Ice Field of Chile, known for its dramatic calving front and rapid retreat.
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A.
Horcones Glacier
Horcones Glacier is a prominent Andean glacier on the western flank of Aconcagua in Argentina, known as a key feature along the main climbing and trekking routes in the region.
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B.
Pichillancahue-Turbio glacier
Pichillancahue-Turbio glacier is a prominent valley glacier on the slopes of Chile’s Villarrica Volcano, known for its extensive ice fields and role in local hydrology and volcanic geomorphology.
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C.
O'Higgins Glacier
O'Higgins Glacier is a major outlet glacier of the Southern Patagonian Ice Field in Chile, known for its extensive ice mass and dramatic calving front into O'Higgins Lake.
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D.
Calderone Glacier
Calderone Glacier is a small, high-altitude glacier in Italy’s Apennine Mountains, often cited as one of Europe’s southernmost glaciers.
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E.
Cesar Glacier
Cesar Glacier is one of the small equatorial glaciers located on the slopes of Mount Kenya in central Kenya.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | tidewater glacier ⓘ |
| affectedBy | climate change ⓘ |
| country | Chile ⓘ |
| drains | part of the Southern Patagonian Ice Field ⓘ |
| flowsInto | Amalia Fjord NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| flowsTowards | Amalia Fjord NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAccess | boat access via fjord ⓘ |
| hasCalvingFront | vertical ice cliff ⓘ |
| hasEnvironment | subpolar oceanic climate ⓘ |
| hasFeature | calving front ⓘ |
| hasHazard |
calving waves
ⓘ
icebergs ⓘ |
| hasIceSource | Southern Patagonian Ice Field accumulation zone ⓘ |
| hasLanguageName | Spanish ⓘ |
| hasNearbyFeature |
Pacific coastal mountains of southern Chile
ⓘ
fjords of the Chilean Patagonia ⓘ |
| hasProcess |
calving
ⓘ
melting ⓘ |
| hasRetreatPattern | terminus retreat over recent decades ⓘ |
| hasRetreatStatus | retreating ⓘ |
| hasScientificInterest |
mass balance changes
ⓘ
tidewater glacier dynamics ⓘ |
| hasSurfaceFeature |
crevasses
ⓘ
seracs ⓘ |
| isExampleOf | rapidly retreating Patagonian glacier ⓘ |
| isInContinent | South America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isInHemisphere | Southern Hemisphere NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
dramatic calving events
ⓘ
rapid retreat ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Magallanes Region
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Patagonia ⓘ Southern Patagonian Ice Field NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn |
Amalia Sound
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
western flank of the Southern Patagonian Ice Field ⓘ |
| observedBy |
glaciological field studies
ⓘ
satellite imagery ⓘ |
| partOf |
Andes glacier system
ⓘ
Southern Patagonian Ice Field NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionType | remote ⓘ |
| SpanishName | Glaciar Amalia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| terminatesIn | Pacific Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| terminusType | tidewater terminus ⓘ |
| usedFor |
climate change indicator
ⓘ
glaciological research ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Glaciar Amalia Description of subject: Glaciar Amalia is a large tidewater glacier located in the Southern Patagonian Ice Field of Chile, known for its dramatic calving front and rapid retreat.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.