Gunnison Island
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Gunnison Island is a remote, largely uninhabited island and important bird sanctuary located in Utah’s Great Salt Lake.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Gunnison Island canonical | 1 |
| Gunnison Island, Great Salt Lake | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T946912 — 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: Gunnison Island Context triple: [Great Salt Lake, hasIsland, Gunnison Island]
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A.
Howland Island
Howland Island is an uninhabited U.S. coral island in the central Pacific Ocean, best known as a remote wildlife refuge and as a landmark near Amelia Earhart’s last flight.
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B.
Fredriksen Island
Fredriksen Island is a small, remote island in the South Orkney Islands archipelago of the Southern Ocean, known for its harsh polar climate and largely ice-covered terrain.
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C.
Stansbury Island
Stansbury Island is a large, mountainous island in Utah’s Great Salt Lake known for its rugged terrain, hiking and biking trails, and striking desert-lake scenery.
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D.
St. Ignace Island
St. Ignace Island is a large, remote island in northern Lake Superior, known for its rugged wilderness, dense forests, and limited human development.
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E.
Georges Island
Georges Island is a historic island in Boston Harbor best known for Fort Warren, a 19th-century coastal fortification and Civil War prison.
- 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: Gunnison Island Target entity description: Gunnison Island is a remote, largely uninhabited island and important bird sanctuary located in Utah’s Great Salt Lake.
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A.
Howland Island
Howland Island is an uninhabited U.S. coral island in the central Pacific Ocean, best known as a remote wildlife refuge and as a landmark near Amelia Earhart’s last flight.
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B.
Fredriksen Island
Fredriksen Island is a small, remote island in the South Orkney Islands archipelago of the Southern Ocean, known for its harsh polar climate and largely ice-covered terrain.
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C.
Stansbury Island
Stansbury Island is a large, mountainous island in Utah’s Great Salt Lake known for its rugged terrain, hiking and biking trails, and striking desert-lake scenery.
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D.
St. Ignace Island
St. Ignace Island is a large, remote island in northern Lake Superior, known for its rugged wilderness, dense forests, and limited human development.
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E.
Georges Island
Georges Island is a historic island in Boston Harbor best known for Fort Warren, a 19th-century coastal fortification and Civil War prison.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (61)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bird sanctuary
ⓘ
island ⓘ |
| area |
about 1.3 square kilometers
ⓘ
about 320 acres ⓘ |
| climate |
cold winters
ⓘ
hot dry summers ⓘ semi-arid ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| elevationAboveSeaLevel |
about 1,280 meters
ⓘ
about 4,200 feet ⓘ |
| hasAccessPolicy |
access by special permit only
ⓘ
closed to general public ⓘ |
| hasColonySize | one of the largest American white pelican colonies in North America ⓘ |
| hasConservationMeasure |
access restrictions during nesting season
ⓘ
monitoring of pelican colony ⓘ |
| hasCoordinateLatitude | approximately 41.25° N ⓘ |
| hasCoordinateLongitude | approximately 112.90° W ⓘ |
| hasEnvironment |
arid
ⓘ
desert island ⓘ hypersaline ⓘ |
| hasGeologicalFeature |
cliffs
ⓘ
rocky terrain ⓘ shoreline benches ⓘ |
| hasHumanPopulation | uninhabited ⓘ |
| hasHumanUse |
scientific research
ⓘ
wildlife monitoring ⓘ |
| hasProtectionStatus |
bird refuge
ⓘ
restricted access area ⓘ wildlife sanctuary ⓘ |
| hasSeasonalUse | used primarily during breeding season by pelicans ⓘ |
| hasThreat |
disturbance from human visitation
ⓘ
fluctuating Great Salt Lake water levels ⓘ habitat loss risk from declining lake levels ⓘ |
| hasVegetationType |
salt-tolerant plants
ⓘ
shrubs and grasses ⓘ sparse vegetation ⓘ |
| hostsSpecies |
American white pelican
ⓘ
California gull ⓘ cormorants ⓘ other waterbirds ⓘ various shorebirds ⓘ |
| isImportantFor |
colonial waterbirds
ⓘ
migratory birds ⓘ nesting birds ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Box Elder County, Utah
ⓘ
Great Salt Lake ⓘ Intermountain West ⓘ North America ⓘ Utah ⓘ Western United States ⓘ
linked to:
western United States
northwestern Utah ⓘ |
| locatedInBodyOfWater | Great Salt Lake ⓘ |
| locatedInPartOfLake | northwestern Great Salt Lake ⓘ |
| managedBy |
State of Utah
ⓘ
linked to:
Utah
Utah Division of Wildlife Resources ⓘ |
| namedAfter | John W. Gunnison ⓘ |
| nearbyFeature |
Promontory Mountains
ⓘ
northern arm of Great Salt Lake ⓘ |
| partOf | Great Salt Lake ecosystem ⓘ |
| primaryConservationTarget | American white pelican ⓘ |
| surroundedBy | hypersaline waters of Great Salt Lake ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Gunnison Island Description of subject: Gunnison Island is a remote, largely uninhabited island and important bird sanctuary located in Utah’s Great Salt Lake.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Gunnison Island