Bass Strait
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Bass Strait is the body of water between mainland Australia and the island state of Tasmania, known for its treacherous seas and significant shipping and fishing routes.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bass Strait canonical | 53 |
| Bass Strait region | 3 |
| Bass Strait basin | 1 |
| Spirit of Tasmania | 1 |
| Tasmanian waters | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T533684 — 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: Bass Strait Context triple: [Tasmania, separatedBy, Bass Strait]
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A.
Van Diemen Gulf
Van Diemen Gulf is a shallow, tropical gulf in the Timor Sea on the northern coast of Australia’s Northern Territory, known for its mangrove-lined shores and proximity to the city of Darwin.
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B.
Great Australian Bight
The Great Australian Bight is a vast open bay of the Southern Ocean off the southern coast of mainland Australia, known for its dramatic cliffs, marine biodiversity, and remote, rugged coastline.
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C.
La Pérouse Strait
La Pérouse Strait is a narrow international waterway between Japan’s Hokkaido and Russia’s Sakhalin Island that links the Sea of Japan with the Sea of Okhotsk.
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D.
Tasman Sea
The Tasman Sea is the body of water separating Australia and New Zealand, known for its often rough conditions and significance to regional shipping and marine life.
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E.
Hecate Strait
Hecate Strait is a wide, shallow, and often stormy body of water separating Haida Gwaii from the mainland coast of British Columbia on Canada’s Pacific coast.
- 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: Bass Strait Target entity description: Bass Strait is the body of water between mainland Australia and the island state of Tasmania, known for its treacherous seas and significant shipping and fishing routes.
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A.
Van Diemen Gulf
Van Diemen Gulf is a shallow, tropical gulf in the Timor Sea on the northern coast of Australia’s Northern Territory, known for its mangrove-lined shores and proximity to the city of Darwin.
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B.
Great Australian Bight
The Great Australian Bight is a vast open bay of the Southern Ocean off the southern coast of mainland Australia, known for its dramatic cliffs, marine biodiversity, and remote, rugged coastline.
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C.
La Pérouse Strait
La Pérouse Strait is a narrow international waterway between Japan’s Hokkaido and Russia’s Sakhalin Island that links the Sea of Japan with the Sea of Okhotsk.
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D.
Tasman Sea
The Tasman Sea is the body of water separating Australia and New Zealand, known for its often rough conditions and significance to regional shipping and marine life.
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E.
Hecate Strait
Hecate Strait is a wide, shallow, and often stormy body of water separating Haida Gwaii from the mainland coast of British Columbia on Canada’s Pacific coast.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
body of water
ⓘ
sea strait ⓘ |
| averageDepth | about 50 metres ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Tasmania
ⓘ
Victoria ⓘ |
| climate | temperate maritime ⓘ |
| connects |
Indian Ocean
ⓘ
Tasman Sea ⓘ |
| country | Australia ⓘ |
| governedBy | Australian maritime law ⓘ |
| hasArchipelago | Furneaux Group ⓘ |
| hasEconomicActivity |
commercial fishing industry
ⓘ
offshore gas production ⓘ offshore oil production ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
Bass Basin
ⓘ
shallow continental shelf ⓘ |
| hasFerryService |
Bass Strait
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Spirit of Tasmania
|
| hasHazard |
frequent storms
ⓘ
shallow banks ⓘ strong tidal streams ⓘ |
| hasIsland |
Cape Barren Island
ⓘ
Deal Island ⓘ Flinders Island ⓘ King Island ⓘ |
| hasNavigationRisk | shipwrecks ⓘ |
| hasPort |
Burnie
ⓘ
Devonport ⓘ Melbourne ⓘ |
| hasResource |
natural gas
ⓘ
oil ⓘ seafood ⓘ |
| hasShippingLane | main route between Australian east coast ports and Tasmania ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
Sahul Shelf
ⓘ
surface form:
Australian continental shelf
|
| knownFor |
commercial fishing
ⓘ
oil and gas fields ⓘ significant shipping routes ⓘ strong currents ⓘ sudden weather changes ⓘ treacherous seas ⓘ |
| length | about 500 kilometres east to west ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Australia ⓘ |
| maximumDepth | about 155 metres ⓘ |
| namedAfter | George Bass ⓘ |
| partOf | Southern Ocean ⓘ |
| separates |
Australian mainland and the island state of Tasmania
ⓘ
Tasmania ⓘ mainland Australia ⓘ |
| wasLandBridgeDuring | last glacial maximum ⓘ |
| width | about 240 kilometres at its narrowest point ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Bass Strait Description of subject: Bass Strait is the body of water between mainland Australia and the island state of Tasmania, known for its treacherous seas and significant shipping and fishing routes.
Referenced by (59)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.