Prince of Wales Island (Alaska)

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island landform

Prince of Wales Island is a large, heavily forested island in southeastern Alaska’s Alexander Archipelago, known for its rugged coastline, rich Native Alaskan heritage, and abundant wildlife.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Prince of Wales Island	5
Prince of Wales Island (Alaska) canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9244706 — 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: Prince of Wales Island (Alaska)
Context triple: [Langara Island, locatedNear, Prince of Wales Island (Alaska)]

A. King Island, Alaska
King Island, Alaska is a remote, uninhabited Bering Sea island once home to an Inupiat community known for its cliffside village and traditional subsistence lifestyle.
B. Wrangell Island
Wrangell Island is a forested island in southeastern Alaska’s Inside Passage, known for its small city of Wrangell, rich Indigenous Tlingit heritage, and abundant wildlife.
C. Chichagof Island
Chichagof Island is a large, rugged island in Alaska’s Alexander Archipelago known for its dense temperate rainforests, abundant brown bear population, and remote coastal communities.
D. Admiralty Island
Admiralty Island is a large, forested island in Alaska renowned for its dense brown bear population and pristine wilderness within the Tongass National Forest.
E. Atka Island
Atka Island is a remote volcanic island in Alaska’s Aleutian chain, known for its rugged terrain, wildlife, and small Unangax̂ (Aleut) community.
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: Prince of Wales Island (Alaska)
Target entity description: Prince of Wales Island is a large, heavily forested island in southeastern Alaska’s Alexander Archipelago, known for its rugged coastline, rich Native Alaskan heritage, and abundant wildlife.

A. King Island, Alaska
King Island, Alaska is a remote, uninhabited Bering Sea island once home to an Inupiat community known for its cliffside village and traditional subsistence lifestyle.
B. Wrangell Island
Wrangell Island is a forested island in southeastern Alaska’s Inside Passage, known for its small city of Wrangell, rich Indigenous Tlingit heritage, and abundant wildlife.
C. Chichagof Island
Chichagof Island is a large, rugged island in Alaska’s Alexander Archipelago known for its dense temperate rainforests, abundant brown bear population, and remote coastal communities.
D. Admiralty Island
Admiralty Island is a large, forested island in Alaska renowned for its dense brown bear population and pristine wilderness within the Tongass National Forest.
E. Atka Island
Atka Island is a remote volcanic island in Alaska’s Aleutian chain, known for its rugged terrain, wildlife, and small Unangax̂ (Aleut) community.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (74)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	island ⓘ landform ⓘ
area	approximately 2,577 square miles ⓘ approximately 6,675 square kilometers ⓘ
climate	maritime climate ⓘ
connectedByFerryTo	Hollis–Ketchikan ferry route NERFINISHED ⓘ Ketchikan, Alaska NERFINISHED ⓘ
containsFeature	El Capitan Cave NERFINISHED ⓘ Karst cave systems ⓘ Prince of Wales Road System NERFINISHED ⓘ
containsProtectedArea	Coronation Island Wilderness NERFINISHED ⓘ Karta Wilderness NERFINISHED ⓘ Ship Island Wilderness NERFINISHED ⓘ South Prince of Wales Wilderness NERFINISHED ⓘ Tongass National Forest NERFINISHED ⓘ Warren Island Wilderness NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
elevationOfHighestPoint	approximately 1,174 meters ⓘ approximately 3,852 feet ⓘ
hasAirport	Craig Seaplane Base NERFINISHED ⓘ Hydaburg Seaplane Base NERFINISHED ⓘ Klawock Airport NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity	commercial fishing ⓘ logging ⓘ tourism ⓘ
hasForest	Tongass National Forest NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasIndigenousPeople	Haida NERFINISHED ⓘ Tlingit NERFINISHED ⓘ Tsimshian NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasNativeCorporation	Sealaska Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasNativeVillageCorporation	Hydaburg Cooperative Association NERFINISHED ⓘ Klawock Heenya Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ Organized Village of Kasaan NERFINISHED ⓘ Shaan-Seet, Inc. NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasSettlement	Coffman Cove, Alaska NERFINISHED ⓘ Craig, Alaska NERFINISHED ⓘ Hollis, Alaska NERFINISHED ⓘ Hydaburg, Alaska NERFINISHED ⓘ Kasaan, Alaska NERFINISHED ⓘ Klawock, Alaska NERFINISHED ⓘ Naukati Bay, Alaska NERFINISHED ⓘ Point Baker, Alaska NERFINISHED ⓘ Port Protection, Alaska NERFINISHED ⓘ Thorne Bay, Alaska NERFINISHED ⓘ Whale Pass, Alaska NERFINISHED ⓘ
highestPoint	Mount Copper NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor	abundant wildlife ⓘ commercial fishing ⓘ hunting ⓘ rich Native Alaskan heritage ⓘ sport fishing ⓘ timber industry ⓘ
languageOfIndigenousName	Tlingit language NERFINISHED ⓘ
largestCommunity	Craig, Alaska NERFINISHED ⓘ Klawock, Alaska NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	Alaska ⓘ Alexander Archipelago NERFINISHED ⓘ Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area NERFINISHED ⓘ Southeast Alaska NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInBodyOfWater	Clarence Strait NERFINISHED ⓘ Dixon Entrance NERFINISHED ⓘ Pacific Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ Sumner Strait NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter	Prince of Wales title ⓘ
partOf	Alexander Archipelago NERFINISHED ⓘ Inside Passage NERFINISHED ⓘ
rankingByAreaInUnitedStatesIslands	fourth-largest island in the United States ⓘ third-largest island in Alaska ⓘ
terrain	heavily forested ⓘ rugged coastline ⓘ
wildlife	Sitka black-tailed deer ⓘ bald eagle ⓘ black bear ⓘ salmon ⓘ

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