Boundary Peak
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Boundary Peak is a mountain in the White Mountains range that forms part of the Nevada–California border and is recognized as the highest natural point in the state of Nevada.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Boundary Peak canonical | 9 |
| Boundary Peak quadrangle | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T140241 — 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: Boundary Peak Context triple: [Nevada, highestPoint, Boundary Peak]
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A.
Mount Lyell
Mount Lyell is a prominent, glacier-clad peak in the Sierra Nevada of California, renowned as the tallest mountain in Yosemite National Park and a popular destination for experienced climbers.
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B.
Scotia Ridge
Scotia Ridge is a submarine mountain chain in the South Atlantic that forms part of the tectonic boundary encircling the Scotia Sea between South America and Antarctica.
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C.
Providence Mountains
The Providence Mountains are a rugged mountain range in California known for their dramatic limestone formations, desert landscapes, and the Mitchell Caverns within the Mojave Desert.
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D.
K2
K2 is the world’s second-highest mountain, a notoriously difficult and dangerous peak in the Karakoram range of the Himalayas.
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E.
Vaca Mountains
The Vaca Mountains are a rugged mountain range in Northern California that form the eastern boundary of Napa Valley and contribute to its distinctive climate and wine-growing conditions.
- 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: Boundary Peak Target entity description: Boundary Peak is a mountain in the White Mountains range that forms part of the Nevada–California border and is recognized as the highest natural point in the state of Nevada.
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A.
Mount Lyell
Mount Lyell is a prominent, glacier-clad peak in the Sierra Nevada of California, renowned as the tallest mountain in Yosemite National Park and a popular destination for experienced climbers.
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B.
Scotia Ridge
Scotia Ridge is a submarine mountain chain in the South Atlantic that forms part of the tectonic boundary encircling the Scotia Sea between South America and Antarctica.
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C.
Providence Mountains
The Providence Mountains are a rugged mountain range in California known for their dramatic limestone formations, desert landscapes, and the Mitchell Caverns within the Mojave Desert.
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D.
K2
K2 is the world’s second-highest mountain, a notoriously difficult and dangerous peak in the Karakoram range of the Himalayas.
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E.
Vaca Mountains
The Vaca Mountains are a rugged mountain range in Northern California that form the eastern boundary of Napa Valley and contribute to its distinctive climate and wine-growing conditions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
mountain
ⓘ
state high point ⓘ |
| climbingClass | Class 2 (Yosemite Decimal System) ⓘ |
| coordinates | approximately 37.842°N 118.352°W ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| drainageBasin | Great Basin ⓘ |
| elevation |
13143 ft
ⓘ
4007 m ⓘ |
| firstAscent | 19th century (by surveyors / early climbers; exact date uncertain) ⓘ |
| formsBorderBetween |
California
ⓘ
linked to:
Nevada
Nevada ⓘ |
| hasEasiestRoute | hike and scramble ⓘ |
| hasListing |
Nevada county high point
ⓘ
U.S. state high point ⓘ |
| hasRelief | rises sharply above surrounding high desert basins ⓘ |
| hasSnowCover | seasonal ⓘ |
| isAccessibleFrom | Trailheads near Queen Valley ⓘ |
| isClosestStateHighPointTo | California–Nevada border ⓘ |
| isComposedOf | metamorphic rock (predominantly) ⓘ |
| isHighestPointOf | Nevada ⓘ |
| isLowerThan | Montgomery Peak ⓘ |
| isNear | Montgomery Peak ⓘ |
| isNotableFor | being the highest natural point in Nevada ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
Great Basin region
ⓘ
linked to:
Great Basin
|
| isPopularFor | highpointing ⓘ |
| isVisibleFrom | parts of Esmeralda County, Nevada ⓘ |
| isWithin | Basin and Range Province ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Esmeralda County, Nevada
ⓘ
Nevada ⓘ |
| locatedInProtectedArea |
Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest (NV side)
ⓘ
linked to:
Toiyabe National Forest
Inyo National Forest (nearby/adjacent on CA side) ⓘ
linked to:
Inyo National Forest
|
| locatedInRange | White Mountains ⓘ |
| locatedWestOf | Dyer, Nevada ⓘ |
| nameOrigin | named for its location on the Nevada–California boundary ⓘ |
| nearestHigherNeighbor | Montgomery Peak ⓘ |
| partOf |
Sierra Nevada (regionally related range system)
ⓘ
linked to:
Sierra Nevada
|
| prominence |
253 m
ⓘ
830 ft ⓘ |
| topographicIsolation | 1.2 km (approx) ⓘ |
| USGSTopographicMap |
Boundary Peak quadrangle
ⓘ
linked to:
Boundary Peak
|
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Boundary Peak Description of subject: Boundary Peak is a mountain in the White Mountains range that forms part of the Nevada–California border and is recognized as the highest natural point in the state of Nevada.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Boundary Peak