Alaska–Yukon border

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international border land border

The Alaska–Yukon border is the international boundary separating the U.S. state of Alaska from Canada’s Yukon Territory in northwestern North America.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Yukon–Alaska border region	2
Alaska–Yukon border canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11034761 — 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: Alaska–Yukon border
Context triple: [Mount Logan, nearestInternationalBorder, Alaska–Yukon border]

A. Alaska–British Columbia border
The Alaska–British Columbia border is the international boundary separating the U.S. state of Alaska from the Canadian province of British Columbia along the Pacific Northwest coast and adjacent inland regions.
B. 49th Parallel
"49th Parallel" is a 1941 British war drama film directed by Michael Powell that follows stranded Nazi U-boat sailors attempting to escape across Canada during World War II.
C. Northwest Territories–Alberta border
The Northwest Territories–Alberta border is the interprovincial and territorial boundary in western Canada that separates the province of Alberta from the Northwest Territories, running through remote boreal and parkland regions including the area around Wood Buffalo National Park.
D. Montana–Alberta border area
The Montana–Alberta border area is a sparsely populated, largely rural region along the Canada–United States boundary where the Canadian province of Alberta meets the U.S. state of Montana, characterized by prairie landscapes, ranching, and cross-border river systems.
E. Nunavut–Northwest Territories boundary
The Nunavut–Northwest Territories boundary is the inter-territorial border in northern Canada that separates the territory of Nunavut from the Northwest Territories, running through parts of the Arctic including Victoria Island.
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: Alaska–Yukon border
Target entity description: The Alaska–Yukon border is the international boundary separating the U.S. state of Alaska from Canada’s Yukon Territory in northwestern North America.

A. Alaska–British Columbia border
The Alaska–British Columbia border is the international boundary separating the U.S. state of Alaska from the Canadian province of British Columbia along the Pacific Northwest coast and adjacent inland regions.
B. 49th Parallel
"49th Parallel" is a 1941 British war drama film directed by Michael Powell that follows stranded Nazi U-boat sailors attempting to escape across Canada during World War II.
C. Northwest Territories–Alberta border
The Northwest Territories–Alberta border is the interprovincial and territorial boundary in western Canada that separates the province of Alberta from the Northwest Territories, running through remote boreal and parkland regions including the area around Wood Buffalo National Park.
D. Montana–Alberta border area
The Montana–Alberta border area is a sparsely populated, largely rural region along the Canada–United States boundary where the Canadian province of Alberta meets the U.S. state of Montana, characterized by prairie landscapes, ranching, and cross-border river systems.
E. Nunavut–Northwest Territories boundary
The Nunavut–Northwest Territories boundary is the inter-territorial border in northern Canada that separates the territory of Nunavut from the Northwest Territories, running through parts of the Arctic including Victoria Island.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	international border ⓘ land border ⓘ
administeredBy	Government of Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ Government of Yukon NERFINISHED ⓘ State of Alaska NERFINISHED ⓘ United States federal government NERFINISHED ⓘ
borderBetween	Canadian territory of Yukon ⓘ U.S. state of Alaska NERFINISHED ⓘ
country1	United States of America NERFINISHED ⓘ
country2	Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
crossesBiome	Arctic tundra ⓘ boreal forest ⓘ mountainous terrain ⓘ
definedBy	Alaska Boundary Tribunal decision (1903) NERFINISHED ⓘ Alaska Purchase (1867) NERFINISHED ⓘ Treaty of Saint Petersburg (1825) NERFINISHED ⓘ
endPoint	Alaska–British Columbia–Yukon tripoint NERFINISHED ⓘ near Mount Saint Elias ⓘ
establishedInPeriod	19th century ⓘ
establishedInYear	1825 ⓘ
followsFeature	141st meridian west ⓘ
hasBorderMarkers	boundary cairns ⓘ survey monuments ⓘ
hasBorderPointWith	Alaska–British Columbia border NERFINISHED ⓘ Yukon–British Columbia border NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCoordinateSystem	geographic coordinates ⓘ
hasLegalStatus	internationally recognized boundary ⓘ
lengthApproximate	over 1200 kilometers ⓘ over 750 miles ⓘ
locatedIn	North America ⓘ northwestern North America ⓘ
partOf	Alaska–Canada border NERFINISHED ⓘ Canada–United States border NERFINISHED ⓘ
passesNear	Porcupine River NERFINISHED ⓘ Saint Elias Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ Wrangell–St. Elias Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ Yukon River headwaters NERFINISHED ⓘ
passesThrough	Arctic coastal plain NERFINISHED ⓘ
regionType1	subarctic ⓘ
regionType2	Arctic NERFINISHED ⓘ
separates	Alaska NERFINISHED ⓘ Yukon NERFINISHED ⓘ
startPoint	Arctic Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ
surveyedInPeriod	early 20th century ⓘ late 19th century ⓘ
usedFor	customs control ⓘ demarcation of national jurisdiction ⓘ immigration control ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mount Logan → nearestInternationalBorder → Alaska–Yukon border ⓘ

Hän Hwëchʼin language → traditionalRegion → Alaska–Yukon border ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yukon–Alaska border region

Hankutchin → locatedIn → Alaska–Yukon border ⓘ