Wapta Icefield
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Wapta Icefield is a large glacial icefield in the Canadian Rockies spanning the Continental Divide and feeding several major valley glaciers and lakes in Yoho and Banff National Parks.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Wapta Icefield canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7180874 — 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: Wapta Icefield Context triple: [Yoho National Park, hasGlacier, Wapta Icefield]
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A.
Columbia Icefield
Columbia Icefield is a vast glacial expanse in the Canadian Rockies, known as one of the largest icefields in North America and a major source of several important glaciers and rivers.
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B.
Homathko Icefield
Homathko Icefield is a large, remote icefield in the southern Coast Mountains of British Columbia, Canada, known for its extensive glaciation and rugged alpine terrain.
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C.
Northern Icefield
The Northern Icefield is one of the principal remaining ice caps atop Mount Kilimanjaro, notable for its rapidly retreating tropical glaciers.
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D.
Wapta Mountain
Wapta Mountain is a prominent peak in the Canadian Rockies located within Yoho National Park in British Columbia, Canada.
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E.
Ha-Iltzuk Icefield
Ha-Iltzuk Icefield is a large glacial icefield in the central Coast Mountains of British Columbia, Canada, known for its extensive ice cover and rugged alpine terrain.
- 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: Wapta Icefield Target entity description: Wapta Icefield is a large glacial icefield in the Canadian Rockies spanning the Continental Divide and feeding several major valley glaciers and lakes in Yoho and Banff National Parks.
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A.
Columbia Icefield
Columbia Icefield is a vast glacial expanse in the Canadian Rockies, known as one of the largest icefields in North America and a major source of several important glaciers and rivers.
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B.
Homathko Icefield
Homathko Icefield is a large, remote icefield in the southern Coast Mountains of British Columbia, Canada, known for its extensive glaciation and rugged alpine terrain.
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C.
Northern Icefield
The Northern Icefield is one of the principal remaining ice caps atop Mount Kilimanjaro, notable for its rapidly retreating tropical glaciers.
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D.
Wapta Mountain
Wapta Mountain is a prominent peak in the Canadian Rockies located within Yoho National Park in British Columbia, Canada.
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E.
Ha-Iltzuk Icefield
Ha-Iltzuk Icefield is a large glacial icefield in the central Coast Mountains of British Columbia, Canada, known for its extensive ice cover and rugged alpine terrain.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
glacier
ⓘ
icefield ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| drainageBasin |
Arctic Ocean basin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pacific Ocean basin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| feeds |
Bow Glacier
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bow Lake NERFINISHED ⓘ Peyto Glacier NERFINISHED ⓘ Peyto Lake NERFINISHED ⓘ Vulture Glacier NERFINISHED ⓘ Yoho Glacier NERFINISHED ⓘ Yoho River headwaters NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| glacierStatus | retreating ⓘ |
| hasHut |
Balfour Hut
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bow Hut NERFINISHED ⓘ Peyto Hut NERFINISHED ⓘ Scott Duncan Hut NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMountainOnMargin |
Mount Baker (Canadian Rockies)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mount Balfour NERFINISHED ⓘ Mount Collie NERFINISHED ⓘ Mount Daly NERFINISHED ⓘ Mount Daly Glacier area peaks NERFINISHED ⓘ Mount Des Poilus NERFINISHED ⓘ Mount Gordon NERFINISHED ⓘ Mount Habel NERFINISHED ⓘ Mount Niles NERFINISHED ⓘ Mount Olive NERFINISHED ⓘ Mount Patterson NERFINISHED ⓘ Mount Rhondda NERFINISHED ⓘ Mount Thompson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Stoney language (for toponym "Wapta") ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Canadian Rockies NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInProtectedArea |
Banff National Park
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Yoho National Park NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInProvince |
Alberta
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
British Columbia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Continental Divide of the Americas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| managedBy | Parks Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | "river" or "running water" in Stoney language ⓘ |
| nearestHighway | Icefields Parkway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearestTown |
Field, British Columbia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lake Louise, Alberta NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Rocky Mountains World Heritage Site
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Wapta Icefield–Waputik Icefield glacial system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
glacier travel instruction
ⓘ
mountaineering ⓘ ski touring ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Wapta Icefield Description of subject: Wapta Icefield is a large glacial icefield in the Canadian Rockies spanning the Continental Divide and feeding several major valley glaciers and lakes in Yoho and Banff National Parks.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.