Puget Lobe
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The Puget Lobe was a large tongue of glacial ice that advanced into the Puget Sound region of Washington State during the last ice age, shaping much of the area’s modern topography.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Puget Lobe canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13127202 — 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: Puget Lobe Context triple: [Cordilleran Ice Sheet, majorLobe, Puget Lobe]
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A.
Juan de Fuca Plate
The Juan de Fuca Plate is a small oceanic tectonic plate off the Pacific Northwest coast whose subduction beneath North America drives significant volcanic and seismic activity in the region.
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B.
Olympic Peninsula
The Olympic Peninsula is a large, forested landmass in northwestern Washington State known for its rugged Pacific coastline, temperate rainforests, and Olympic National Park.
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C.
Ross Embayment
Ross Embayment is a large, ice-filled embayment in Antarctica that forms part of the Ross Sea and is closely linked to major tectonic and glacial processes in the West Antarctic region.
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D.
Lummi Peninsula
Lummi Peninsula is a coastal landform in northwestern Washington State, known for its rural communities, shoreline along Bellingham Bay, and proximity to the San Juan Islands.
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E.
Portland–Wight Basin
The Portland–Wight Basin is a geological sub-basin in southern England, known for its Mesozoic sedimentary sequences and significance in regional hydrocarbon exploration.
- 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: Puget Lobe Target entity description: The Puget Lobe was a large tongue of glacial ice that advanced into the Puget Sound region of Washington State during the last ice age, shaping much of the area’s modern topography.
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A.
Juan de Fuca Plate
The Juan de Fuca Plate is a small oceanic tectonic plate off the Pacific Northwest coast whose subduction beneath North America drives significant volcanic and seismic activity in the region.
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B.
Olympic Peninsula
The Olympic Peninsula is a large, forested landmass in northwestern Washington State known for its rugged Pacific coastline, temperate rainforests, and Olympic National Park.
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C.
Ross Embayment
Ross Embayment is a large, ice-filled embayment in Antarctica that forms part of the Ross Sea and is closely linked to major tectonic and glacial processes in the West Antarctic region.
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D.
Lummi Peninsula
Lummi Peninsula is a coastal landform in northwestern Washington State, known for its rural communities, shoreline along Bellingham Bay, and proximity to the San Juan Islands.
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E.
Portland–Wight Basin
The Portland–Wight Basin is a geological sub-basin in southern England, known for its Mesozoic sedimentary sequences and significance in regional hydrocarbon exploration.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
glacial lobe
ⓘ
tongue of glacial ice ⓘ |
| advancedInto | Puget Sound region ⓘ |
| associatedGlaciationName |
Vashon Glaciation
ⓘ
linked to:
Wisconsin glaciation
|
| boundedByToEast | Cascade Range ⓘ |
| boundedByToWest | Olympic Mountains ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| createdLandforms |
drumlins
ⓘ
eskers ⓘ kettles ⓘ moraines ⓘ outwash plains ⓘ proglacial lakes ⓘ till plains ⓘ |
| deposited |
Vashon till
ⓘ
end moraines at its maximum extent ⓘ glacial outwash sediments ⓘ |
| eroded |
Lake Sammamish basin
ⓘ
linked to:
Lake Sammamish
Lake Washington basin ⓘ
linked to:
Lake Washington–Cedar River watershed
Lake Whatcom basin ⓘ
linked to:
Lake Whatcom
basins now occupied by Puget Sound ⓘ deep troughs of Puget Sound ⓘ straits and inlets of Puget Sound ⓘ |
| evidencePreservedIn |
glacial landforms of Seattle area
ⓘ
stratigraphy of Puget Lowland ⓘ |
| flowDirection | generally southward ⓘ |
| geologicPeriod |
Pleistocene
ⓘ
linked to:
Pleistocene epoch
|
| influenced |
distribution of soils in Puget Sound region
ⓘ
drainage patterns in Puget Sound lowland ⓘ locations of modern lakes in Puget Sound region ⓘ locations of modern rivers in Puget Sound region ⓘ locations of modern wetlands in Puget Sound region ⓘ |
| lastMajorAdvanceApproximateAge | about 17,000 years ago ⓘ |
| lastMajorAdvanceDuring | Last Glacial Maximum ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Pacific Northwest
ⓘ
Washington State ⓘ
linked to:
Washington
|
| maximumExtentApproximateLatitude | near Tenino, Washington ⓘ |
| maximumExtentDirection | southward ⓘ |
| maximumThickness |
over 1,000 meters
ⓘ
over 3,000 feet ⓘ |
| partOf | Cordilleran Ice Sheet ⓘ |
| primaryIceSource | Fraser Lowland and interior British Columbia ⓘ |
| regionImpacted |
Olympia area
ⓘ
Seattle metropolitan area ⓘ Tacoma area ⓘ
linked to:
Tacoma metropolitan area
|
| retreatedBy | about 13,000 years ago ⓘ |
| shaped | modern topography of Puget Sound lowland ⓘ |
| studiedInDiscipline |
Quaternary geology
ⓘ
glacial geology ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Puget Lobe Description of subject: The Puget Lobe was a large tongue of glacial ice that advanced into the Puget Sound region of Washington State during the last ice age, shaping much of the area’s modern topography.
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