Galeras Volcano
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Galeras Volcano is an active stratovolcano in southwestern Colombia known for its frequent eruptions and proximity to the city of Pasto.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Galeras Volcano canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9885270 — 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: Galeras Volcano Context triple: [Pasto, locatedNear, Galeras Volcano]
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A.
Santa Marta volcano
Santa Marta volcano is a prominent volcanic peak in the Los Tuxtlas region of Veracruz, Mexico, known for its lush biodiversity and role in the area's volcanic landscape.
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B.
Nevado del Huila volcano
Nevado del Huila volcano is a large, glacier-capped stratovolcano in the Colombian Andes known for its recent eruptions and associated lahars that have posed significant hazards to nearby communities.
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C.
Tolima volcano
Tolima volcano is a prominent, glacier-capped stratovolcano in the Central Andes of Colombia, known for its steep slopes and significant role in the region’s geography and history.
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D.
Volcán Barú
Volcán Barú is a dormant stratovolcano and Panama’s highest peak, renowned for its panoramic views where both the Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea can sometimes be seen from its summit.
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E.
Nevado del Ruiz
Nevado del Ruiz is an active stratovolcano in the Colombian Andes, notorious for its devastating 1985 eruption that caused the Armero tragedy.
- 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: Galeras Volcano Target entity description: Galeras Volcano is an active stratovolcano in southwestern Colombia known for its frequent eruptions and proximity to the city of Pasto.
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A.
Santa Marta volcano
Santa Marta volcano is a prominent volcanic peak in the Los Tuxtlas region of Veracruz, Mexico, known for its lush biodiversity and role in the area's volcanic landscape.
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B.
Nevado del Huila volcano
Nevado del Huila volcano is a large, glacier-capped stratovolcano in the Colombian Andes known for its recent eruptions and associated lahars that have posed significant hazards to nearby communities.
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C.
Tolima volcano
Tolima volcano is a prominent, glacier-capped stratovolcano in the Central Andes of Colombia, known for its steep slopes and significant role in the region’s geography and history.
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D.
Volcán Barú
Volcán Barú is a dormant stratovolcano and Panama’s highest peak, renowned for its panoramic views where both the Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea can sometimes be seen from its summit.
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E.
Nevado del Ruiz
Nevado del Ruiz is an active stratovolcano in the Colombian Andes, notorious for its devastating 1985 eruption that caused the Armero tragedy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
active volcano
ⓘ
stratovolcano ⓘ |
| 1993EruptionFatalities | 9 ⓘ |
| 1993EruptionVictims | scientists and tourists ⓘ |
| age | Pleistocene to Holocene ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Urcunina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Colombia ⓘ |
| designatedAs | Decade Volcano NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| designatedBy |
International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth’s Interior
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
International Council of Scientific Unions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| elevation |
14029 ft
ⓘ
4276 m ⓘ |
| eruptionStyle | explosive ⓘ |
| governedBy | municipality of Pasto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCaldera | eroded caldera structure ⓘ |
| hasCrater | summit crater complex ⓘ |
| hasEvacuationPlans | yes ⓘ |
| hasFrequentEruptions | true ⓘ |
| hasFumarolicActivity | yes ⓘ |
| hasHighRisk | true ⓘ |
| hasLahars | yes ⓘ |
| hasLavaDomes | yes ⓘ |
| hasMajorEruption | 1993 Galeras eruption ⓘ |
| hasPyroclasticFlows | yes ⓘ |
| hasSummit | multiple overlapping cones ⓘ |
| hasVolcanicAlertSystem | yes ⓘ |
| hazardType |
ashfall
ⓘ
lahars ⓘ pyroclastic flows ⓘ volcanic bombs ⓘ |
| isActive | true ⓘ |
| isDecadeVolcano | true ⓘ |
| knownSincePrehistoricTimes | true ⓘ |
| lastEruption | 2014 ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Nariño Department
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
southwestern Colombia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Pasto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| monitoredBy | Servicio Geológico Colombiano NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| monitoringMethods |
deformation measurements
ⓘ
gas measurements ⓘ seismic monitoring ⓘ visual observation ⓘ |
| mountainRange | Andes ⓘ |
| partOf | Pacific Ring of Fire ⓘ |
| rockType |
andesite
ⓘ
basaltic andesite ⓘ |
| threatensCity | Pasto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| volcanicArcOrBelt | Northern Volcanic Zone of the Andes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| volcanoType | andesitic stratovolcano ⓘ |
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
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Galeras Volcano Description of subject: Galeras Volcano is an active stratovolcano in southwestern Colombia known for its frequent eruptions and proximity to the city of Pasto.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.