Meteor Crater
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Meteor Crater is a well-preserved, mile-wide impact crater formed by a meteorite collision about 50,000 years ago, renowned as a major geological and tourist landmark in the Arizona desert.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Meteor Crater canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11031379 — 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: Meteor Crater Context triple: [Northern Arizona, contains, Meteor Crater]
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A.
Sherman Crater
Sherman Crater is a prominent volcanic crater on the south side of Mount Baker in Washington State, known for its active fumaroles and role in monitoring the volcano’s geothermal and eruptive activity.
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B.
Mammoth Crater
Mammoth Crater is a large volcanic crater and prominent geological feature within Lava Beds National Monument in northern California.
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C.
Merriam Crater
Merriam Crater is a volcanic cone located within the San Francisco volcanic field in northern Arizona, known as part of the region’s extensive volcanic landscape.
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D.
Kirkwood crater
Kirkwood crater is a lunar impact crater named in honor of American astronomer Daniel Kirkwood, known for his work on asteroid belt gaps.
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E.
Eagle Crater
Eagle Crater is a small impact crater on Mars that gained prominence as the landing site and initial exploration area of NASA’s Opportunity rover.
- 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: Meteor Crater Target entity description: Meteor Crater is a well-preserved, mile-wide impact crater formed by a meteorite collision about 50,000 years ago, renowned as a major geological and tourist landmark in the Arizona desert.
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A.
Sherman Crater
Sherman Crater is a prominent volcanic crater on the south side of Mount Baker in Washington State, known for its active fumaroles and role in monitoring the volcano’s geothermal and eruptive activity.
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B.
Mammoth Crater
Mammoth Crater is a large volcanic crater and prominent geological feature within Lava Beds National Monument in northern California.
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C.
Merriam Crater
Merriam Crater is a volcanic cone located within the San Francisco volcanic field in northern Arizona, known as part of the region’s extensive volcanic landscape.
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D.
Kirkwood crater
Kirkwood crater is a lunar impact crater named in honor of American astronomer Daniel Kirkwood, known for his work on asteroid belt gaps.
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E.
Eagle Crater
Eagle Crater is a small impact crater on Mars that gained prominence as the landing site and initial exploration area of NASA’s Opportunity rover.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
geological formation
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impact crater ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ |
| age | about 50,000 years ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Barringer Crater
NERFINISHED
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Barringer Meteorite Crater NERFINISHED ⓘ Canyon Diablo Crater NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| astronautTrainingEra | Apollo program NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| depth |
about 170 meters
ⓘ
about 560 feet ⓘ |
| designation | National Natural Landmark NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| designationYear | 1967 ⓘ |
| diameter |
about 0.75 miles
ⓘ
about 1.2 kilometers ⓘ |
| distanceToFlagstaff | about 60 kilometers east ⓘ |
| distanceToWinslow | about 18 kilometers west GENERATED ⓘ |
| formedBy | iron meteorite impact ⓘ |
| geologicalAge | Pleistocene ⓘ |
| hasFacility | Meteor Crater Visitor Center NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNearbyTown | Winslow, Arizona NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| impactEnergy | several megatons of TNT equivalent ⓘ |
| impactorEstimatedDiameter | about 50 meters ⓘ |
| impactorEstimatedMass | about 300,000 tons ⓘ |
| impactorName | Canyon Diablo meteorite NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| impactorType | nickel-iron meteorite ⓘ |
| impactVelocity | about 12 to 20 kilometers per second ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Arizona
NERFINISHED
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Coconino County NERFINISHED ⓘ Colorado Plateau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Interstate 40
NERFINISHED
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Route 66 NERFINISHED ⓘ Winslow, Arizona NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| managedBy | Barringer Crater Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Daniel Barringer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Barringer family interests ⓘ |
| ownership | privately owned ⓘ |
| planet | Earth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recognizedAs |
National Natural Landmark
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
best-preserved impact crater on Earth ⓘ |
| rimHeight | about 45 meters above surrounding plain ⓘ |
| state | Arizona ⓘ |
| surface | desert plateau ⓘ |
| usedBy | NASA NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
astronaut training
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geological research ⓘ tourism ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Meteor Crater Description of subject: Meteor Crater is a well-preserved, mile-wide impact crater formed by a meteorite collision about 50,000 years ago, renowned as a major geological and tourist landmark in the Arizona desert.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Northern Arizona