Bay of Whales
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The Bay of Whales was a large embayment in the Ross Ice Shelf of Antarctica that served as a key early 20th-century staging point for polar exploration.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Bay of Whales canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9421781 — 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: Bay of Whales Context triple: [Roald Amundsen’s South Pole expedition 1910–1912, baseLocation, Bay of Whales]
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Baía dos Golfinhos
Baía dos Golfinhos is a scenic cove in Tibau do Sul, Brazil, renowned for its calm waters, dramatic cliffs, and frequent wild dolphin sightings.
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Bay of Fersness
Bay of Fersness is a coastal inlet on Orkney Mainland in Scotland, known for its rugged shoreline and North Atlantic maritime setting.
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C.
Bay of All Saints
Bay of All Saints is a large, historically significant bay on Brazil’s northeastern coast that has long served as a major maritime hub and gateway for the city of Salvador.
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Faxaflói Bay
Faxaflói Bay is a large bay in southwest Iceland known for encompassing the capital Reykjavík and serving as a popular area for whale watching and coastal scenery.
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E.
Paugus Bay
Paugus Bay is a long, narrow bay and popular recreational area on the western side of Lake Winnipesaukee in New Hampshire, known for boating, fishing, and lakeside tourism.
- 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: Bay of Whales Target entity description: The Bay of Whales was a large embayment in the Ross Ice Shelf of Antarctica that served as a key early 20th-century staging point for polar exploration.
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A.
Baía dos Golfinhos
Baía dos Golfinhos is a scenic cove in Tibau do Sul, Brazil, renowned for its calm waters, dramatic cliffs, and frequent wild dolphin sightings.
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B.
Bay of Fersness
Bay of Fersness is a coastal inlet on Orkney Mainland in Scotland, known for its rugged shoreline and North Atlantic maritime setting.
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C.
Bay of All Saints
Bay of All Saints is a large, historically significant bay on Brazil’s northeastern coast that has long served as a major maritime hub and gateway for the city of Salvador.
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D.
Faxaflói Bay
Faxaflói Bay is a large bay in southwest Iceland known for encompassing the capital Reykjavík and serving as a popular area for whale watching and coastal scenery.
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E.
Paugus Bay
Paugus Bay is a long, narrow bay and popular recreational area on the western side of Lake Winnipesaukee in New Hampshire, known for boating, fishing, and lakeside tourism.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
embayment
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former bay ⓘ geographical feature ⓘ |
| accessedBy |
expedition ship Bear of Oakland
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
expedition ship City of New York NERFINISHED ⓘ expedition ship Fram NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterizedBy |
deep embayment into the Ross Ice Shelf
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irregular ice front ⓘ |
| climate | polar ⓘ |
| coordinateLatitude | approximately -78.5 ⓘ |
| coordinateLongitude | approximately -164.0 ⓘ |
| country | Antarctica (no sovereign state) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| disappearedBy | late 20th century ⓘ |
| discoveredBy | Ernest Shackleton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discoveryExpedition | Nimrod Expedition NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discoveryYear | 1908 ⓘ |
| expeditionBaseFor |
Amundsen’s South Pole expedition
ⓘ
Byrd Antarctic Expedition NERFINISHED ⓘ Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (1910–1912) NERFINISHED ⓘ Roald Amundsen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fate | obliterated by changes in the Ross Ice Shelf front ⓘ |
| FramheimBuiltBy | Roald Amundsen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| FramheimUsedFor | Amundsen’s South Pole attempt ⓘ |
| hostedStation |
Framheim
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Little America I NERFINISHED ⓘ Little America II NERFINISHED ⓘ Little America III NERFINISHED ⓘ Little America IV NERFINISHED ⓘ Little America V NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| iceShelf | Ross Ice Shelf NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Antarctica
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Ross Ice Shelf NERFINISHED ⓘ Ross Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | presence of many whales ⓘ |
| namedBy | Ernest Shackleton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent | departure point of Amundsen’s successful South Pole journey in 1911 ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being a key early 20th-century staging point for polar exploration
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being the southernmost open sea in the world at the time of exploration ⓘ |
| partOf | Southern Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Ross Dependency (claimed by New Zealand) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| seaIceConditions | heavy pack ice and shelf ice ⓘ |
| southernmostPointOf | open ocean ⓘ |
| status | no longer exists in original form ⓘ |
| usedAs |
base site for polar expeditions
ⓘ
staging point for Antarctic exploration ⓘ |
| usedDuring |
Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration
NERFINISHED
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early 20th century ⓘ |
| visitedBy | Richard E. Byrd NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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