San Nicolas Island

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Channel Islands of California island

San Nicolas Island is a remote, windswept island off the coast of Southern California known for its U.S. Navy facilities and as the setting of the story "Island of the Blue Dolphins."

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
San Nicolas Island canonical	18

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T852026 — 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: San Nicolas Island
Context triple: [Channel Islands of California, hasPart, San Nicolas Island]

A. Revillagigedo Island
Revillagigedo Island is a large island in southeastern Alaska’s Alexander Archipelago, known for hosting the city of Ketchikan and its surrounding coastal rainforest environment.
B. San Félix Island
San Félix Island is a small, remote Chilean Pacific island known for its arid landscape, military presence, and importance as a protected area for seabirds and marine life.
C. Isla Salas y Gómez
Isla Salas y Gómez is a small, uninhabited Chilean island in the southeastern Pacific Ocean, known for its remote location and importance as a protected marine and bird sanctuary.
D. Isla Verde
Isla Verde is a popular beachfront district in the metropolitan area of San Juan, Puerto Rico, known for its resorts, nightlife, and sandy shores.
E. Culebra Island
Culebra Island is a small, sparsely populated Caribbean island municipality of Puerto Rico known for its pristine beaches, clear waters, and protected wildlife refuges.
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: San Nicolas Island
Target entity description: San Nicolas Island is a remote, windswept island off the coast of Southern California known for its U.S. Navy facilities and as the setting of the story "Island of the Blue Dolphins."

A. Revillagigedo Island
Revillagigedo Island is a large island in southeastern Alaska’s Alexander Archipelago, known for hosting the city of Ketchikan and its surrounding coastal rainforest environment.
B. San Félix Island
San Félix Island is a small, remote Chilean Pacific island known for its arid landscape, military presence, and importance as a protected area for seabirds and marine life.
C. Isla Salas y Gómez
Isla Salas y Gómez is a small, uninhabited Chilean island in the southeastern Pacific Ocean, known for its remote location and importance as a protected marine and bird sanctuary.
D. Isla Verde
Isla Verde is a popular beachfront district in the metropolitan area of San Juan, Puerto Rico, known for its resorts, nightlife, and sandy shores.
E. Culebra Island
Culebra Island is a small, sparsely populated Caribbean island municipality of Puerto Rico known for its pristine beaches, clear waters, and protected wildlife refuges.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Channel Islands of California ⓘ island ⓘ
access	by special permission only ⓘ
administeredBy	United States Navy ⓘ
archipelago	Channel Islands ⓘ
area	about 57 square miles ⓘ
associatedWith	Juana Maria (the Lone Woman of San Nicolas Island) ⓘ
characteristic	remote ⓘ windswept ⓘ
climate	semiarid ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
culturalSignificance	setting for the novel "Island of the Blue Dolphins" ⓘ
discoveredBy	European explorers in the 16th century ⓘ
distanceFromCoast	about 61 miles off the coast of Southern California ⓘ
fauna	California sea lion ⓘ island fox (introduced population) ⓘ northern elephant seal ⓘ
flora	coastal scrub vegetation ⓘ
governedAs	part of unincorporated Ventura County ⓘ
hasFeature	marine terraces ⓘ sand dunes ⓘ
highestPoint	about 277 meters above sea level ⓘ
historicallyInhabitedBy	Nicoleño people ⓘ linked to: Serrano people
inhabitedBy	military personnel ⓘ
length	about 10 miles ⓘ
literaryWorkAbout	"Island of the Blue Dolphins" ⓘ
locatedIn	Pacific Ocean ⓘ Southern California ⓘ Ventura County, California ⓘ linked to: Ventura County
locatedOffShoreFrom	Ventura County coast ⓘ
locatedSouthwestOf	Los Angeles, California ⓘ linked to: Los Angeles, California, United States of America
namedAfter	Saint Nicholas ⓘ linked to: Saint Nicholas of Myra
namedBy	Spanish explorers ⓘ
nearbyIsland	San Miguel Island ⓘ Santa Barbara Island ⓘ
ownedBy	United States Department of Defense ⓘ linked to: Department of Defense
partOf	California Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary region (nearby waters under various protections) ⓘ linked to: Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary Naval Base Ventura County ⓘ
population	no permanent civilian population ⓘ
region	California Channel Islands ⓘ linked to: Channel Islands of California
restrictedArea	yes ⓘ
state	California ⓘ linked to: California, United States
surroundedBy	steep sea cliffs in many areas ⓘ
timeZone	Pacific Time Zone ⓘ
usedFor	aeronautical testing ⓘ military operations ⓘ missile testing ⓘ weapons testing ⓘ
width	up to about 3 miles ⓘ