Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine and its Cultural Landscape
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Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine and its Cultural Landscape is a historic mining site in Shimane Prefecture, Japan, renowned for its former role as one of the world’s most productive silver mines and its well-preserved surrounding settlements, transport routes, and natural environment.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine | 1 |
| Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine and its Cultural Landscape canonical | 1 |
| Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine coastal approaches | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18812211 — 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: Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine and its Cultural Landscape Context triple: [World Heritage Sites in Japan, hasPart, Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine and its Cultural Landscape]
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Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution (including Hashima Island)
Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution (including Hashima Island) is a UNESCO World Heritage ensemble of late 19th- and early 20th-century industrial facilities that illustrate Japan’s rapid transformation into a modern industrialized nation.
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B.
Sukur Cultural Landscape
Sukur Cultural Landscape is a historic terraced settlement in northeastern Nigeria renowned for its traditional stone architecture, sacred Hidi palace complex, and long-standing cultural and spiritual significance to the Sukur people.
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C.
Yoshinogari Historical Park
Yoshinogari Historical Park is a large archaeological park in Japan preserving and reconstructing an extensive Yayoi-period settlement, including ancient dwellings, watchtowers, and burial mounds.
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D.
Koyasan World Heritage Site
Koyasan World Heritage Site is a sacred Buddhist monastic complex in Japan’s Kii Mountains, renowned as the center of Shingon Buddhism and a UNESCO-listed cultural landscape of temples, pilgrimage routes, and ancient cedar forests.
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E.
Gusuku Sites and Related Properties of the Kingdom of Ryukyu
Gusuku Sites and Related Properties of the Kingdom of Ryukyu is a UNESCO World Heritage ensemble of castles, archaeological sites, and cultural landscapes that reflect the unique Ryukyuan civilization and its historical ties across East and Southeast Asia.
- 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: Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine and its Cultural Landscape Target entity description: Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine and its Cultural Landscape is a historic mining site in Shimane Prefecture, Japan, renowned for its former role as one of the world’s most productive silver mines and its well-preserved surrounding settlements, transport routes, and natural environment.
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A.
Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution (including Hashima Island)
Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution (including Hashima Island) is a UNESCO World Heritage ensemble of late 19th- and early 20th-century industrial facilities that illustrate Japan’s rapid transformation into a modern industrialized nation.
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B.
Sukur Cultural Landscape
Sukur Cultural Landscape is a historic terraced settlement in northeastern Nigeria renowned for its traditional stone architecture, sacred Hidi palace complex, and long-standing cultural and spiritual significance to the Sukur people.
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C.
Yoshinogari Historical Park
Yoshinogari Historical Park is a large archaeological park in Japan preserving and reconstructing an extensive Yayoi-period settlement, including ancient dwellings, watchtowers, and burial mounds.
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D.
Koyasan World Heritage Site
Koyasan World Heritage Site is a sacred Buddhist monastic complex in Japan’s Kii Mountains, renowned as the center of Shingon Buddhism and a UNESCO-listed cultural landscape of temples, pilgrimage routes, and ancient cedar forests.
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E.
Gusuku Sites and Related Properties of the Kingdom of Ryukyu
Gusuku Sites and Related Properties of the Kingdom of Ryukyu is a UNESCO World Heritage ensemble of castles, archaeological sites, and cultural landscapes that reflect the unique Ryukyuan civilization and its historical ties across East and Southeast Asia.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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