San Cristóbal
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San Cristóbal is an active stratovolcano in northwestern Nicaragua and one of the most prominent and frequently erupting volcanoes in the Central American region.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| San Cristóbal canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T642791 — 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: San Cristóbal Context triple: [Central American Volcanic Arc, hasNotableVolcano, San Cristóbal]
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A.
Güines
Güines is a town and municipality in western Cuba known historically as an important agricultural and sugar-producing center southeast of Havana.
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B.
Río Muni
Río Muni is the mainland region of Equatorial Guinea, located on the west coast of Central Africa and forming the country’s largest and most populous territory.
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C.
Trinidad
Trinidad was the flagship of Ferdinand Magellan’s expedition, the first voyage to successfully circumnavigate the globe.
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D.
Antigua
Antigua is a Caribbean island nation renowned for its numerous white-sand beaches, coral reefs, and role as a major tourist destination in the Lesser Antilles.
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E.
Puerto Luisa
Puerto Luisa is the former name of Puerto Williams, a small Chilean town on Navarino Island often cited as one of the southernmost settlements in the world.
- 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: San Cristóbal Target entity description: San Cristóbal is an active stratovolcano in northwestern Nicaragua and one of the most prominent and frequently erupting volcanoes in the Central American region.
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A.
Güines
Güines is a town and municipality in western Cuba known historically as an important agricultural and sugar-producing center southeast of Havana.
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B.
Río Muni
Río Muni is the mainland region of Equatorial Guinea, located on the west coast of Central Africa and forming the country’s largest and most populous territory.
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C.
Trinidad
Trinidad was the flagship of Ferdinand Magellan’s expedition, the first voyage to successfully circumnavigate the globe.
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D.
Antigua
Antigua is a Caribbean island nation renowned for its numerous white-sand beaches, coral reefs, and role as a major tourist destination in the Lesser Antilles.
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E.
Puerto Luisa
Puerto Luisa is the former name of Puerto Williams, a small Chilean town on Navarino Island often cited as one of the southernmost settlements in the world.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
active volcano
ⓘ
stratovolcano ⓘ |
| activity |
frequently erupting volcano
ⓘ
persistent degassing ⓘ |
| age | Holocene volcano ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
El Viejo
ⓘ
Volcán San Cristóbal ⓘ |
| associatedVolcano |
Casita
ⓘ
Casita ⓘ
surface form:
La Casita
La Pelona ⓘ Moyotepe ⓘ |
| composition | andesitic to basaltic-andesitic ⓘ |
| country | Nicaragua ⓘ |
| countrySubdivision |
Chinandega Department
ⓘ
surface form:
Chinandega Department, Nicaragua
|
| elevation |
about 1745 m
ⓘ
about 5725 ft ⓘ |
| eruptionStyle |
Strombolian
ⓘ
Vulcanian ⓘ |
| GVPID | 344020 ⓘ |
| hazard |
ashfall
ⓘ
lahars ⓘ pyroclastic flows ⓘ volcanic gas emissions ⓘ |
| lastEruptions | frequent small to moderate eruptions in the 21st century ⓘ |
| listedIn | Global Volcanism Program ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Chinandega, Nicaragua
ⓘ
surface form:
northwestern Nicaragua
|
| locatedOn | Pacific coast of Nicaragua ⓘ |
| monitoringAgency |
INETER
ⓘ
Nicaraguan Institute of Territorial Studies ⓘ
surface form:
Instituto Nicaragüense de Estudios Territoriales
|
| morphology | steep-sided cone ⓘ |
| mountainRange | Cordillera de los Maribios ⓘ |
| nearCity |
Chinandega
ⓘ
El Viejo ⓘ |
| notableEruption |
eruptive episodes in 2012
ⓘ
eruptive episodes in 2013 ⓘ eruptive episodes in 2017 ⓘ |
| partOf | Central America ⓘ |
| prominence | one of the highest volcanoes in Nicaragua ⓘ |
| region | Chinandega Department ⓘ |
| relativeImportance |
one of the most frequently erupting volcanoes in Central America
ⓘ
one of the most prominent volcanoes in Nicaragua ⓘ |
| slope | asymmetric with steeper western flank ⓘ |
| summitCrater | active summit crater with persistent fumaroles ⓘ |
| tectonicSetting |
Central American Volcanic Arc
ⓘ
surface form:
Central America volcanic arc
subduction of Cocos Plate beneath Caribbean Plate ⓘ |
| volcanicArc |
Central American Volcanic Arc
ⓘ
surface form:
Central America Volcanic Arc
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| volcanicComplex |
Volcán San Cristóbal
ⓘ
surface form:
San Cristóbal volcanic complex
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| volcanoType | stratovolcano ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: San Cristóbal Description of subject: San Cristóbal is an active stratovolcano in northwestern Nicaragua and one of the most prominent and frequently erupting volcanoes in the Central American region.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.