Cape Sheridan
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Cape Sheridan is a remote headland on the northeastern coast of Ellesmere Island in Nunavut, Canada, known as one of the northernmost land points in the world and a historic jumping-off site for early North Pole expeditions.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Cape Sheridan canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8711490 — 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: Cape Sheridan Context triple: [1908–1909 North Pole expedition, stagingArea, Cape Sheridan]
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A.
Cape Northrop
Cape Northrop is a prominent coastal headland in Antarctica that marks the northeastern limit of Bowman Coast on the east side of the Antarctic Peninsula.
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Bulwark
Bulwark is a residential suburb located on the outskirts of the town of Chepstow in Monmouthshire, Wales.
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C.
Dixie Station
Dixie Station was a U.S. Navy carrier operating area in the South China Sea used by Task Force 77 for air operations during the Vietnam War.
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Port Tennant
Port Tennant is a residential and industrial district of Swansea in South Wales, situated near the city’s docks and eastern waterfront.
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E.
Cape Passaro
Cape Passaro is a coastal headland at the southeastern tip of Sicily, Italy, known as the site of a significant early 18th-century naval battle.
- 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: Cape Sheridan Target entity description: Cape Sheridan is a remote headland on the northeastern coast of Ellesmere Island in Nunavut, Canada, known as one of the northernmost land points in the world and a historic jumping-off site for early North Pole expeditions.
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A.
Cape Northrop
Cape Northrop is a prominent coastal headland in Antarctica that marks the northeastern limit of Bowman Coast on the east side of the Antarctic Peninsula.
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B.
Bulwark
Bulwark is a residential suburb located on the outskirts of the town of Chepstow in Monmouthshire, Wales.
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C.
Dixie Station
Dixie Station was a U.S. Navy carrier operating area in the South China Sea used by Task Force 77 for air operations during the Vietnam War.
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D.
Port Tennant
Port Tennant is a residential and industrial district of Swansea in South Wales, situated near the city’s docks and eastern waterfront.
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E.
Cape Passaro
Cape Passaro is a coastal headland at the southeastern tip of Sicily, Italy, known as the site of a significant early 18th-century naval battle.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | headland ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| coordinateLatitude | approximately 82.47° N ⓘ |
| coordinateLongitude | approximately 61.50° W ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| distanceToAlert | approximately 13 km east ⓘ |
| distanceToNorthPole | approximately 840 km ⓘ |
| expeditionStagingAreaFor | Robert Peary’s 1908–1909 North Pole expedition NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governedBy | Government of Nunavut NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
one of the northernmost land points in the world
ⓘ
remote ⓘ sparsely inhabited ⓘ |
| hasClimate | polar climate ⓘ |
| hasEcosystem | polar desert ⓘ |
| hasNearbyFeature | camp sites of early polar expeditions ⓘ |
| hasNoPermanentPopulation | true ⓘ |
| hasVegetationType | sparse Arctic tundra ⓘ |
| hasWildlife |
Arctic foxes
ⓘ
polar bears ⓘ seals in adjacent waters ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Arctic Archipelago
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Arctic Ocean region NERFINISHED ⓘ Canadian Arctic NERFINISHED ⓘ Ellesmere Island NERFINISHED ⓘ High Arctic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritory |
Nunavut
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Qikiqtaaluk Region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Alert, Nunavut
NERFINISHED
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Hall Basin NERFINISHED ⓘ Lincoln Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ Robeson Channel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | northeastern coast of Ellesmere Island ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Sheridan (historical namesake, likely a person) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearestSettlement | Alert, Nunavut NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | role in North Pole exploration history ⓘ |
| partOf | Ellesmere Island coastline NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| seaIceConditions | multi-year sea ice common ⓘ |
| summerTimeZone | UTC−4 ⓘ |
| timeZone | UTC−5 ⓘ |
| transportAccess | primarily by air via Alert and by seasonal ice travel ⓘ |
| usedAs | jumping-off site for early North Pole expeditions ⓘ |
| visitedBy |
Matthew Henson
NERFINISHED
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Robert Peary NERFINISHED ⓘ members of the Peary Arctic Club expeditions ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Cape Sheridan Description of subject: Cape Sheridan is a remote headland on the northeastern coast of Ellesmere Island in Nunavut, Canada, known as one of the northernmost land points in the world and a historic jumping-off site for early North Pole expeditions.
Referenced by (1)
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