Tromelin Island
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Tromelin Island is a small, low-lying French coral island in the Indian Ocean, known for its remote location, important seabird and turtle nesting sites, and a notable 18th-century shipwreck and castaway story.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Tromelin Island canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12121900 — 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: Tromelin Island Context triple: [Scattered Islands in the Indian Ocean, hasComponent, Tromelin Island]
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A.
Henderson Island
Henderson Island is a remote, uninhabited coral island in the South Pacific Ocean, renowned for its near-pristine ecosystem and status as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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B.
D’Urville Island
D’Urville Island is a largely ice-covered Antarctic island located off the northeastern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula as part of the Joinville Island group.
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C.
Heaters Island
Heaters Island is a small, uninhabited island in the Potomac River known for its natural habitat and role in the river’s ecosystem.
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D.
Lemuy Island
Lemuy Island is a small inhabited island in southern Chile that forms part of the culturally rich and scenic Chiloé Archipelago.
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E.
Clipperton Island
Clipperton Island is an uninhabited French coral atoll in the eastern Pacific Ocean, known for its remote location and unique marine ecosystem.
- 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: Tromelin Island Target entity description: Tromelin Island is a small, low-lying French coral island in the Indian Ocean, known for its remote location, important seabird and turtle nesting sites, and a notable 18th-century shipwreck and castaway story.
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A.
Henderson Island
Henderson Island is a remote, uninhabited coral island in the South Pacific Ocean, renowned for its near-pristine ecosystem and status as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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B.
D’Urville Island
D’Urville Island is a largely ice-covered Antarctic island located off the northeastern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula as part of the Joinville Island group.
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C.
Heaters Island
Heaters Island is a small, uninhabited island in the Potomac River known for its natural habitat and role in the river’s ecosystem.
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D.
Lemuy Island
Lemuy Island is a small inhabited island in southern Chile that forms part of the culturally rich and scenic Chiloé Archipelago.
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E.
Clipperton Island
Clipperton Island is an uninhabited French coral atoll in the eastern Pacific Ocean, known for its remote location and unique marine ecosystem.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (59)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French overseas territory
ⓘ
coral island ⓘ uninhabited island ⓘ |
| access | restricted ⓘ |
| administeredBy |
Terres australes et antarctiques françaises
ⓘ
linked to:
French Southern and Antarctic Lands
|
| airstripSurface | unpaved runway ⓘ |
| archaeologicalInterest | remains of castaway settlement ⓘ |
| area | approximately 1 square kilometre ⓘ |
| castawayStoryDuration | about 15 years ⓘ |
| claimedBy |
France
ⓘ
Mauritius ⓘ |
| climate |
semi-arid
ⓘ
tropical ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| designatedAs | Important Bird Area ⓘ |
| discoveredBy | French navigators ⓘ |
| discoveryYear | 1722 ⓘ |
| distanceToMadagascar | over 500 kilometres ⓘ |
| distanceToMauritius | over 400 kilometres ⓘ |
| EEZStatus | generates French exclusive economic zone in the Indian Ocean ⓘ |
| elevation | about 7 metres above sea level ⓘ |
| environmentalProtectionStatus | strictly protected ⓘ |
| excavatedBy | French archaeological missions ⓘ |
| geologicalType | coral sand cay ⓘ |
| governedAs | nature reserve ⓘ |
| hasFacility |
airstrip
ⓘ
automatic weather station ⓘ meteorological station ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
low-lying dunes
ⓘ
sandy beaches ⓘ |
| historicalEvent |
abandonment of Malagasy slaves after Utile shipwreck
ⓘ
rescue of surviving castaways in 1776 ⓘ |
| hostsSpecies |
green sea turtle
ⓘ
hawksbill sea turtle ⓘ masked booby ⓘ red-footed booby ⓘ sooty tern ⓘ |
| importantFor |
sea turtle nesting
ⓘ
seabird nesting ⓘ |
| length | about 1.7 kilometres ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Indian Ocean
ⓘ
Mascarene Basin ⓘ
linked to:
Southwest Indian Ocean
|
| namedAfter | Jacques Marie Boudin de Tromelin ⓘ |
| nearestMajorIsland | Madagascar ⓘ |
| notableEvent | shipwreck of the French slave ship Utile in 1761 ⓘ |
| partOf | French Southern and Antarctic Lands ⓘ |
| population | no permanent civilian population ⓘ |
| shipwreck | Utile ⓘ |
| shipwreckYear | 1761 ⓘ |
| sovereigntyDisputeWith | Mauritius ⓘ |
| surroundedBy | coral reefs ⓘ |
| timeZone | UTC+4 ⓘ |
| usedFor |
climate monitoring
ⓘ
meteorological observations ⓘ scientific research ⓘ |
| vegetationType |
herbaceous plants
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shrubs ⓘ sparse vegetation ⓘ |
| width | about 0.7 kilometres ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Tromelin Island Description of subject: Tromelin Island is a small, low-lying French coral island in the Indian Ocean, known for its remote location, important seabird and turtle nesting sites, and a notable 18th-century shipwreck and castaway story.
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