Islas Marías
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Islas Marías is a Pacific archipelago off the coast of western Mexico, historically known for its former federal prison colony and now designated as a protected natural area.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Islas Marías canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10747372 — 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: Islas Marías Context triple: [State of Nayarit, contains, Islas Marías]
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A.
Islas Marietas
Islas Marietas is a small group of uninhabited Pacific islands off the coast of Nayarit, Mexico, famed for their protected marine reserve, rich biodiversity, and the hidden beach Playa del Amor.
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B.
Revillagigedo Islands
The Revillagigedo Islands are a remote volcanic archipelago in the Pacific Ocean off Mexico’s west coast, renowned for their rich marine biodiversity and status as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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C.
Pescadores Islands
The Pescadores Islands, also known as the Penghu Islands, are a strategically located archipelago in the Taiwan Strait that has been historically contested and referenced in major World War II–era diplomatic agreements.
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D.
Isla de Pinos
Isla de Pinos is the former name of Isla de la Juventud, the second-largest Cuban island known historically for its agricultural colonies and later as a site for prisons and political detention.
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E.
Isla Todos Santos
Isla Todos Santos is a small Pacific island off the coast of Baja California, Mexico, known for its rugged coastline and world-class surfing waves.
- 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: Islas Marías Target entity description: Islas Marías is a Pacific archipelago off the coast of western Mexico, historically known for its former federal prison colony and now designated as a protected natural area.
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A.
Islas Marietas
Islas Marietas is a small group of uninhabited Pacific islands off the coast of Nayarit, Mexico, famed for their protected marine reserve, rich biodiversity, and the hidden beach Playa del Amor.
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B.
Revillagigedo Islands
The Revillagigedo Islands are a remote volcanic archipelago in the Pacific Ocean off Mexico’s west coast, renowned for their rich marine biodiversity and status as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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C.
Pescadores Islands
The Pescadores Islands, also known as the Penghu Islands, are a strategically located archipelago in the Taiwan Strait that has been historically contested and referenced in major World War II–era diplomatic agreements.
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D.
Isla de Pinos
Isla de Pinos is the former name of Isla de la Juventud, the second-largest Cuban island known historically for its agricultural colonies and later as a site for prisons and political detention.
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E.
Isla Todos Santos
Isla Todos Santos is a small Pacific island off the coast of Baja California, Mexico, known for its rugged coastline and world-class surfing waves.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | archipelago ⓘ |
| accessRestricted | true ⓘ |
| administeredBy | Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belongsTo | state of Nayarit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| climate |
semi-arid
ⓘ
tropical ⓘ |
| country | Mexico ⓘ |
| countryPrisonAuthority | Government of Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| designatedAs |
biosphere reserve
ⓘ
protected natural area ⓘ |
| formerFunction | Mexican federal prison ⓘ |
| governedAs | Mexican federal territory ⓘ |
| hasConservationObjective |
protection of endemic species
ⓘ
protection of island ecosystems ⓘ |
| hasEcosystemType |
coastal scrub
ⓘ
mangroves ⓘ tropical dry forest ⓘ |
| hasFauna |
marine mammals
ⓘ
reptiles ⓘ seabirds ⓘ |
| hasFlora | tropical dry forest species ⓘ |
| hasHumanSettlement | Balleto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasIsland |
María Cleofas Island
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
María Madre Island NERFINISHED ⓘ María Magdalena Island NERFINISHED ⓘ San Juanito Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLegalStatus | Mexican federal property ⓘ |
| hasMainSettlement | Balleto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTourismActivity | limited ecotourism ⓘ |
| historicalUse | place of incarceration for long-term prisoners ⓘ |
| knownFor |
biodiversity
ⓘ
endemic species ⓘ former federal prison colony ⓘ |
| languageUsed | Spanish ⓘ |
| largestIsland | María Madre Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Pacific Ocean
ⓘ
eastern Pacific Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOffCoastOf |
Nayarit
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
western Mexico ⓘ |
| nearbyBodyOfWater | Gulf of California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Mexican Pacific Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protectedAreaStatus | federal protected area of Mexico ⓘ |
| region | west coast of Mexico ⓘ |
| sovereignState | Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timeZone | Pacific Time (Mexico) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedAs |
federal prison colony
ⓘ
penal colony ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Islas Marías Description of subject: Islas Marías is a Pacific archipelago off the coast of western Mexico, historically known for its former federal prison colony and now designated as a protected natural area.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.