Sea of Ice
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Sea of Ice is the English translation of "Mer de Glace," the largest and one of the most famous glaciers in the French Alps near Chamonix.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sea of Ice canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T698354 — 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: Sea of Ice Context triple: [Mer de Glace, nameMeaning, Sea of Ice]
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A.
The North Water
The North Water is a British television drama miniseries adapted from Ian McGuire’s novel, following a disgraced surgeon on a brutal 19th-century whaling expedition in the Arctic.
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B.
The Icebergs
The Icebergs is a monumental 1861 landscape painting by American artist Frederic Edwin Church, renowned for its dramatic, highly detailed depiction of Arctic ice formations and sublime natural grandeur.
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C.
Like the Sea
"Like the Sea" is a soulful R&B ballad by Alicia Keys from her album "The Element of Freedom," noted for its serene, metaphor-rich lyrics and gentle, flowing melody.
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D.
Viper Island
Viper Island is a small historic island in the Andaman archipelago, known for its former British-era prison ruins and proximity to Port Blair.
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E.
Farthest North
Farthest North is Fridtjof Nansen’s classic account of his pioneering 1893–1896 Arctic expedition toward the North Pole, blending exploration narrative with scientific observation.
- 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: Sea of Ice Target entity description: Sea of Ice is the English translation of "Mer de Glace," the largest and one of the most famous glaciers in the French Alps near Chamonix.
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A.
The North Water
The North Water is a British television drama miniseries adapted from Ian McGuire’s novel, following a disgraced surgeon on a brutal 19th-century whaling expedition in the Arctic.
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B.
The Icebergs
The Icebergs is a monumental 1861 landscape painting by American artist Frederic Edwin Church, renowned for its dramatic, highly detailed depiction of Arctic ice formations and sublime natural grandeur.
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C.
Like the Sea
"Like the Sea" is a soulful R&B ballad by Alicia Keys from her album "The Element of Freedom," noted for its serene, metaphor-rich lyrics and gentle, flowing melody.
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D.
Viper Island
Viper Island is a small historic island in the Andaman archipelago, known for its former British-era prison ruins and proximity to Port Blair.
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E.
Farthest North
Farthest North is Fridtjof Nansen’s classic account of his pioneering 1893–1896 Arctic expedition toward the North Pole, blending exploration narrative with scientific observation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
glacier
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natural feature ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ valley glacier ⓘ |
| accessibleBy | Montenvers Railway ⓘ |
| affectedBy | climate change ⓘ |
| averageWidth |
about 700 meters
ⓘ
approximately 0.43 miles ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| drainsInto | Arveyron River ⓘ |
| experiences | glacial retreat ⓘ |
| flowsTowards |
Chamonix
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surface form:
Chamonix valley
|
| formedByConfluenceOf |
Glacier de Leschaux
ⓘ
Glacier de Talèfre ⓘ Glacier du Tacul ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
crevasses
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ice grotto ⓘ moraine-covered surface ⓘ seracs ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalVisitor |
Horace Bénédict de Saussure
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surface form:
Horace-Bénédict de Saussure
J. M. W. Turner ⓘ William Wordsworth ⓘ |
| hasNameInFrench | Mer de Glace ⓘ |
| hasTouristInfrastructure |
cable car to glacier level
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stairs down to ice grotto ⓘ |
| inspiredWork |
paintings by J. M. W. Turner
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writings by early Alpine travelers ⓘ |
| isLargestGlacierIn | French Alps ⓘ |
| isOneOfMostFamousGlaciersIn | French Alps ⓘ |
| languageOfName | English ⓘ |
| length |
about 7 kilometers
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approximately 4.3 miles ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
French Alps
ⓘ
Mont Blanc massif ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion |
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region
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surface form:
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Haute-Savoie ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Chamonix ⓘ |
| locatedOn | northern slope of Mont Blanc massif ⓘ |
| nearbyTown |
Chamonix
ⓘ
surface form:
Chamonix-Mont-Blanc
|
| originalNameLanguage | French ⓘ |
| partOfDrainageBasin |
Arve River
ⓘ
surface form:
Arve River basin
|
| subjectOf | glaciological studies ⓘ |
| surfaceArea |
about 30 square kilometers
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approximately 11.6 square miles ⓘ |
| terminusElevation |
around 1500 meters above sea level
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around 4920 feet above sea level ⓘ |
| upperBasinElevation |
over 3000 meters above sea level
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over 9840 feet above sea level ⓘ |
| viewedFrom | Montenvers station ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Sea of Ice Description of subject: Sea of Ice is the English translation of "Mer de Glace," the largest and one of the most famous glaciers in the French Alps near Chamonix.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.