Red Rock Pass, Idaho
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Red Rock Pass, Idaho is a low mountain pass in southeastern Idaho notable as the prehistoric outlet where the waters of ancient Lake Bonneville catastrophically drained northward.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Red Rock Pass, Idaho canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12703983 — 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: Red Rock Pass, Idaho Context triple: [Lake Bonneville, outletLocation, Red Rock Pass, Idaho]
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A.
Colter Pass, Montana
Colter Pass, Montana is a small mountain community near Cooke City that serves as a gateway to the Beartooth Mountains and the northeastern entrance region of Yellowstone National Park.
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B.
Thompson Pass
Thompson Pass is a high mountain pass in Alaska’s Chugach Mountains, noted for its extreme snowfall and role as a key route between the coast and the state’s interior.
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C.
Cottonwood Pass
Cottonwood Pass is a high mountain pass in central Colorado that crosses the Continental Divide, offering scenic views and access between the towns of Buena Vista and Taylor Park.
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D.
Piute Pass
Piute Pass is a high mountain pass in California’s Sierra Nevada that serves as a popular hiking route between the Eastern Sierra and the backcountry lake basins of the John Muir Wilderness.
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E.
Bridger Pass
Bridger Pass is a historic mountain pass in southern Wyoming that served as a key route for westward expansion along trails such as the Overland Trail and later the transcontinental railroad corridor.
- 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: Red Rock Pass, Idaho Target entity description: Red Rock Pass, Idaho is a low mountain pass in southeastern Idaho notable as the prehistoric outlet where the waters of ancient Lake Bonneville catastrophically drained northward.
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A.
Colter Pass, Montana
Colter Pass, Montana is a small mountain community near Cooke City that serves as a gateway to the Beartooth Mountains and the northeastern entrance region of Yellowstone National Park.
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B.
Thompson Pass
Thompson Pass is a high mountain pass in Alaska’s Chugach Mountains, noted for its extreme snowfall and role as a key route between the coast and the state’s interior.
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C.
Cottonwood Pass
Cottonwood Pass is a high mountain pass in central Colorado that crosses the Continental Divide, offering scenic views and access between the towns of Buena Vista and Taylor Park.
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D.
Piute Pass
Piute Pass is a high mountain pass in California’s Sierra Nevada that serves as a popular hiking route between the Eastern Sierra and the backcountry lake basins of the John Muir Wilderness.
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E.
Bridger Pass
Bridger Pass is a historic mountain pass in southern Wyoming that served as a key route for westward expansion along trails such as the Overland Trail and later the transcontinental railroad corridor.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
geographic feature
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mountain pass ⓘ |
| approximateAgeOfEvent | about 14,500 years ago ⓘ |
| connectedToWaterBody |
Lake Bonneville
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Snake River Basin ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| drainageDirection | northward ⓘ |
| drainsInto |
Portneuf River system
ⓘ
linked to:
Portneuf River
Snake River system ⓘ
linked to:
Snake River
|
| elevation |
approximately 1,520 meters
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approximately 4,985 feet ⓘ |
| geologicalEvent | Bonneville flood ⓘ |
| geologicalPeriod | Late Pleistocene ⓘ |
| hasGeologicalFeature |
erosional scarp from Bonneville flood
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wave-cut benches from Lake Bonneville shorelines ⓘ |
| hasHydrologicalRole | divide between Great Basin and Snake River drainage ⓘ |
| hasNearbySettlement |
Arimo, Idaho
ⓘ
Downey, Idaho ⓘ |
| hasSignificance |
important for Quaternary geology research
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key site for study of Lake Bonneville history ⓘ |
| hasViewOf | Marsh Valley ⓘ |
| landformType | low pass ⓘ |
| landUse |
dryland agriculture
ⓘ
rangeland ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Idaho ⓘ |
| locatedInCounty | Bannock County, Idaho ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | southeastern Idaho ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Downey, Idaho ⓘ |
| mountainRange | Portneuf Range ⓘ |
| nearbyTransportationRoute |
Interstate 15
ⓘ
U.S. Route 91 ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being prehistoric outlet of Lake Bonneville
ⓘ
catastrophic drainage of Lake Bonneville ⓘ |
| partOf | Bonneville Basin rim ⓘ |
| region | Intermountain West ⓘ |
| separates |
Bear River drainage
ⓘ
Portneuf River drainage ⓘ
linked to:
Portneuf River
|
| state | Idaho ⓘ |
| watercourseRole | outlet of ancient Lake Bonneville ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Red Rock Pass, Idaho Description of subject: Red Rock Pass, Idaho is a low mountain pass in southeastern Idaho notable as the prehistoric outlet where the waters of ancient Lake Bonneville catastrophically drained northward.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.