Lituya Glacier
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Lituya Glacier is a tidewater glacier in Alaska known for feeding Lituya Bay and contributing to its dramatic geological and tsunami history.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lituya Glacier canonical | 2 |
| 1958 Lituya Bay megatsunami | 1 |
| Lituya Bay glacial system | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13308389 — 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: Lituya Glacier Context triple: [Lituya Bay, hasInflow, Lituya Glacier]
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A.
Lituya Bay
Lituya Bay is a remote fjord on the coast of Alaska, famous for the record-breaking megatsunami that occurred there in 1958.
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B.
Taku Glacier
Taku Glacier is a massive tidewater glacier near Juneau, Alaska, known for its unusual long-term advance in an era when most glaciers are retreating.
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C.
Crater Glacier
Crater Glacier is a relatively young glacier that formed within the crater of Mount St. Helens after its 1980 eruption, growing rapidly in the shadow of the volcano’s crater walls.
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D.
Hellroaring Glacier
Hellroaring Glacier is a prominent alpine glacier on the slopes of Mount Adams in Washington State, known for its rugged crevasses and contribution to the mountain’s glacial landscape.
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E.
Schoolroom Glacier
Schoolroom Glacier is a small, picturesque mountain glacier located high in the Teton Range of Wyoming’s Grand Teton National Park.
- 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: Lituya Glacier Target entity description: Lituya Glacier is a tidewater glacier in Alaska known for feeding Lituya Bay and contributing to its dramatic geological and tsunami history.
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A.
Lituya Bay
Lituya Bay is a remote fjord on the coast of Alaska, famous for the record-breaking megatsunami that occurred there in 1958.
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B.
Taku Glacier
Taku Glacier is a massive tidewater glacier near Juneau, Alaska, known for its unusual long-term advance in an era when most glaciers are retreating.
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C.
Crater Glacier
Crater Glacier is a relatively young glacier that formed within the crater of Mount St. Helens after its 1980 eruption, growing rapidly in the shadow of the volcano’s crater walls.
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D.
Hellroaring Glacier
Hellroaring Glacier is a prominent alpine glacier on the slopes of Mount Adams in Washington State, known for its rugged crevasses and contribution to the mountain’s glacial landscape.
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E.
Schoolroom Glacier
Schoolroom Glacier is a small, picturesque mountain glacier located high in the Teton Range of Wyoming’s Grand Teton National Park.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
glacier
ⓘ
tidewater glacier ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent | 1958 Lituya Bay megatsunami ⓘ |
| associatedWithHazard |
landslides into Lituya Bay
ⓘ
tsunamis ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| createsLandform | fjord-like bay ⓘ |
| drains | Fairweather Range ⓘ |
| feeds | Lituya Bay ⓘ |
| hasClimateSetting | maritime climate ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
deep over-deepened basin at its terminus
ⓘ
floating ice tongue when extended into Lituya Bay ⓘ steep surrounding valley walls ⓘ |
| hasGlacialProcess |
calving
ⓘ
glacial erosion ⓘ |
| hasHydrologicalConnection | Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
| hasImpactOn |
local coastal morphology
ⓘ
local tsunami run-up characteristics ⓘ navigation hazards in Lituya Bay ⓘ |
| hasMouthIn | Lituya Bay ⓘ |
| hasNameOriginLanguage | Tlingit ⓘ |
| hasPrimaryMassBalanceControl |
air temperature
ⓘ
coastal precipitation ⓘ |
| hasResearchInterest |
geomorphology
ⓘ
glaciology ⓘ natural hazards ⓘ tsunami science ⓘ |
| hasRoleIn |
geological history of Lituya Bay
ⓘ
tsunami generation in Lituya Bay ⓘ |
| influences |
bathymetry of Lituya Bay
ⓘ
sedimentation in Lituya Bay ⓘ stability of slopes around Lituya Bay ⓘ |
| isExampleOf |
Alaskan tidewater glacier
ⓘ
glacier contributing to megatsunami conditions ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Alaska
ⓘ
Southeast Alaska ⓘ
linked to:
Southeastern Alaska
|
| locatedInProtectedArea | Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve ⓘ |
| locatedOnContinent | North America ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Lituya Bay ⓘ |
| near |
Fairweather Fault
ⓘ
Gulf of Alaska ⓘ Lituya Bay ⓘ |
| partOf |
Fairweather Range
ⓘ
Lituya Bay glacial system ⓘ
linked to:
Lituya Glacier
|
| terminatesIn | Lituya Bay ⓘ |
| terminusType | tidewater terminus ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Lituya Glacier Description of subject: Lituya Glacier is a tidewater glacier in Alaska known for feeding Lituya Bay and contributing to its dramatic geological and tsunami history.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Lituya Glacier
linked to: Lituya Glacier