Malaspina Glacier
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Malaspina Glacier is a massive piedmont glacier in southeastern Alaska, known for its broad, fan-shaped spread where it flows out of the Saint Elias Mountains toward the Gulf of Alaska.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Malaspina Glacier canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8871141 — 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: Malaspina Glacier Context triple: [Malaspina Glacier (portion), partOf, Malaspina Glacier]
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A.
Palmer Glacier
Palmer Glacier is a year-round snowfield and ski training area located high on the slopes of Mount Hood in northern Oregon.
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B.
Verra Glacier
Verra Glacier is a prominent Alpine glacier located in the Monte Rosa massif of the Pennine Alps on the border between Italy and Switzerland.
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C.
Aialik Glacier
Aialik Glacier is a large, actively calving tidewater glacier on Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula, popular for boat tours and wildlife viewing within Kenai Fjords National Park.
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D.
Mackenzie Glacier
Mackenzie Glacier is a glacier located on Laurie Island in the South Orkney Islands of Antarctica.
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E.
Greve Glacier
Greve Glacier is a large, remote glacier located in southern Chile within the rugged Patagonian landscape of Bernardo O'Higgins National Park.
- 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: Malaspina Glacier Target entity description: Malaspina Glacier is a massive piedmont glacier in southeastern Alaska, known for its broad, fan-shaped spread where it flows out of the Saint Elias Mountains toward the Gulf of Alaska.
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A.
Palmer Glacier
Palmer Glacier is a year-round snowfield and ski training area located high on the slopes of Mount Hood in northern Oregon.
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B.
Verra Glacier
Verra Glacier is a prominent Alpine glacier located in the Monte Rosa massif of the Pennine Alps on the border between Italy and Switzerland.
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C.
Aialik Glacier
Aialik Glacier is a large, actively calving tidewater glacier on Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula, popular for boat tours and wildlife viewing within Kenai Fjords National Park.
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D.
Mackenzie Glacier
Mackenzie Glacier is a glacier located on Laurie Island in the South Orkney Islands of Antarctica.
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E.
Greve Glacier
Greve Glacier is a large, remote glacier located in southern Chile within the rugged Patagonian landscape of Bernardo O'Higgins National Park.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | piedmont glacier ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| drainsTo | Pacific Ocean region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| experiences |
surface lowering due to climate change
ⓘ
terminus retreat in recent decades ⓘ |
| flowsFrom | Saint Elias Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| flowsToward | Gulf of Alaska NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| formedBy | coalescing valley glaciers ⓘ |
| hasArea |
approximately 1,500 square miles
ⓘ
approximately 3,900 square kilometers ⓘ |
| hasCoordinateLatitude | approximately 60.0° N ⓘ |
| hasCoordinateLongitude | approximately 140.0° W ⓘ |
| hasElevationRange | from near sea level to high mountain elevations ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
broad outwash plain
ⓘ
extensive moraine cover ⓘ low surface slope ⓘ |
| hasImportance |
indicator of regional climate change
ⓘ
major component of Alaska coastal cryosphere ⓘ |
| hasNearbySettlement | Yakutat, Alaska NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasProtectionStatus | within a U.S. national park ⓘ |
| hasShape | fan-shaped ⓘ |
| hasSurface | largely debris-covered lower tongue ⓘ |
| hasSurfaceFeature |
ice-cored moraines
ⓘ
radial crevasse patterns ⓘ supraglacial lakes ⓘ |
| isCatalogedIn | World Glacier Inventory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isOneOf | largest piedmont glaciers in the world ⓘ |
| isPartOf | St. Elias Mountains glacial system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isVisibleIn | satellite imagery ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
Yakutat City and Borough NERFINISHED ⓘ southeastern Alaska ⓘ |
| monitoredBy |
National Park Service
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States Geological Survey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Alessandro Malaspina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedBy | European explorers ⓘ |
| near | Gulf of Alaska coast NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Saint Elias Mountains
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Wrangell–St. Elias National Park and Preserve NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| receivesIceFrom |
Agassiz Glacier
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Marvine Glacier NERFINISHED ⓘ Seward Glacier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
glaciological research
ⓘ
remote sensing studies ⓘ |
| typeOf | tidewater-influenced glacier system ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Malaspina Glacier Description of subject: Malaspina Glacier is a massive piedmont glacier in southeastern Alaska, known for its broad, fan-shaped spread where it flows out of the Saint Elias Mountains toward the Gulf of Alaska.
Referenced by (2)
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