San Quintín Glacier
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San Quintín Glacier is one of the largest outlet glaciers of Chile’s Northern Patagonian Ice Field, known for its extensive ice cover and significant contribution to regional glacial meltwater.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| San Quintín Glacier canonical | 3 |
| Glaciar San Quintín | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T580268 — 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: San Quintín Glacier Context triple: [Northern Patagonian Ice Field, hasOutletGlacier, San Quintín Glacier]
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A.
San Rafael Glacier
San Rafael Glacier is a major tidewater glacier in Chilean Patagonia known for its dramatic ice cliffs and calving into the Laguna San Rafael.
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B.
Squaw Glacier
Squaw Glacier is a mountain glacier located on the slopes of the Three Sisters volcanic peaks in the Cascade Range of Oregon.
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C.
Wheeler Peak Glacier
Wheeler Peak Glacier is a small alpine glacier nestled on the slopes of Wheeler Peak in Nevada’s Snake Range, notable as one of the southernmost glaciers in the United States.
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D.
Villard Glacier
Villard Glacier is a mountain glacier located on the slopes of the Three Sisters volcanic peaks in the Cascade Range of Oregon.
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E.
Clark Glacier
Clark Glacier is a mountain glacier located on the slopes of the Three Sisters volcanic peaks in the Cascade Range of Oregon.
- 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: San Quintín Glacier Target entity description: San Quintín Glacier is one of the largest outlet glaciers of Chile’s Northern Patagonian Ice Field, known for its extensive ice cover and significant contribution to regional glacial meltwater.
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A.
San Rafael Glacier
San Rafael Glacier is a major tidewater glacier in Chilean Patagonia known for its dramatic ice cliffs and calving into the Laguna San Rafael.
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B.
Squaw Glacier
Squaw Glacier is a mountain glacier located on the slopes of the Three Sisters volcanic peaks in the Cascade Range of Oregon.
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C.
Wheeler Peak Glacier
Wheeler Peak Glacier is a small alpine glacier nestled on the slopes of Wheeler Peak in Nevada’s Snake Range, notable as one of the southernmost glaciers in the United States.
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D.
Villard Glacier
Villard Glacier is a mountain glacier located on the slopes of the Three Sisters volcanic peaks in the Cascade Range of Oregon.
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E.
Clark Glacier
Clark Glacier is a mountain glacier located on the slopes of the Three Sisters volcanic peaks in the Cascade Range of Oregon.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
outlet glacier
ⓘ
valley glacier ⓘ |
| country | Chile ⓘ |
| drainsIceField | Northern Patagonian Ice Field ⓘ |
| flowsTowards | Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
| hasClimateDriver |
changes in precipitation patterns
ⓘ
rising air temperatures ⓘ |
| hasEnvironmentalConcern |
impact on downstream water resources
ⓘ
loss of ice volume ⓘ |
| hasFlowDirection | generally westward ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOfToponym | Spanish ⓘ |
| hasMassBalanceTrend | negative mass balance ⓘ |
| hasMeltwaterContributionTo |
fjords of the Pacific coast of Chile
ⓘ
regional hydrology of Aysén Region ⓘ |
| hasNameInSpanish |
San Quintín Glacier
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Glaciar San Quintín
|
| hasNotableCharacteristic |
extensive ice cover
ⓘ
rapid retreat in recent decades ⓘ significant contribution to regional glacial meltwater ⓘ surface area reduction due to climate change ⓘ |
| hasRetreatTrend | retreating ⓘ |
| hasSurfaceFeature |
crevassed ice surface
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ice front with calving activity ⓘ |
| influences |
local sea-level contribution through meltwater discharge
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regional ecosystems via freshwater input ⓘ |
| isAccessibleFrom | coastal areas of Aysén Region ⓘ |
| isComparedWith | San Rafael Glacier ⓘ |
| isMonitoredBy |
Chilean glaciological institutions
ⓘ
remote sensing satellites ⓘ |
| isOneOfLargestGlaciersOf | Northern Patagonian Ice Field ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Northern Patagonian Ice Field ⓘ |
| locatedInMountainRange | Andes ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | Aysén Region ⓘ |
| locatedOnContinent | South America ⓘ |
| partOf | Northern Patagonian Ice Field ⓘ |
| subjectOfStudy |
climate change impact research
ⓘ
glaciology ⓘ |
| terminusType |
proglacial lake terminus
ⓘ
tidewater terminus ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: San Quintín Glacier Description of subject: San Quintín Glacier is one of the largest outlet glaciers of Chile’s Northern Patagonian Ice Field, known for its extensive ice cover and significant contribution to regional glacial meltwater.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Glaciar San Quintín