Palisade Glacier
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Palisade Glacier is the largest remaining glacier in the Sierra Nevada of California, located on the eastern slope of the Palisades range.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Palisade Glacier canonical | 9 |
| Middle Palisade Glacier | 1 |
| Palisade Glacier area | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1618381 — 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: Palisade Glacier Context triple: [North Palisade, hasGlacier, Palisade Glacier]
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A.
Pinnacle Glacier
Pinnacle Glacier is a mountain glacier located on the slopes of Mount Adams in Washington State, known for its ice flows and alpine terrain.
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B.
Newton Clark Glacier
Newton Clark Glacier is a prominent alpine glacier on the eastern slopes of Mount Hood in Oregon, known for its crevassed terrain and challenging mountaineering routes.
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C.
Portage Glacier
Portage Glacier is a prominent valley glacier in Alaska known for its scenic lake, visitor center, and accessibility from the Anchorage area.
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D.
Villard Glacier
Villard Glacier is a mountain glacier located on the slopes of the Three Sisters volcanic peaks in the Cascade Range of Oregon.
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E.
Whitewater Glacier
Whitewater Glacier is a mountain glacier located on the slopes of Mount Jefferson in the Cascade Range of Oregon.
- 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: Palisade Glacier Target entity description: Palisade Glacier is the largest remaining glacier in the Sierra Nevada of California, located on the eastern slope of the Palisades range.
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A.
Pinnacle Glacier
Pinnacle Glacier is a mountain glacier located on the slopes of Mount Adams in Washington State, known for its ice flows and alpine terrain.
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B.
Newton Clark Glacier
Newton Clark Glacier is a prominent alpine glacier on the eastern slopes of Mount Hood in Oregon, known for its crevassed terrain and challenging mountaineering routes.
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C.
Portage Glacier
Portage Glacier is a prominent valley glacier in Alaska known for its scenic lake, visitor center, and accessibility from the Anchorage area.
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D.
Villard Glacier
Villard Glacier is a mountain glacier located on the slopes of the Three Sisters volcanic peaks in the Cascade Range of Oregon.
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E.
Whitewater Glacier
Whitewater Glacier is a mountain glacier located on the slopes of Mount Jefferson in the Cascade Range of Oregon.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
glacier
ⓘ
mountain glacier ⓘ |
| accessedFrom | Big Pine Creek trail ⓘ |
| affectedBy | climate change ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| drainageBasin |
Owens River basin
ⓘ
linked to:
Owens River
|
| elevation | approximately 3,400–3,900 meters ⓘ |
| feeds | Big Pine Creek ⓘ |
| firstAscentArea | early 20th century ⓘ |
| forms | Palisade Glacier lakes below its terminus ⓘ |
| geologicalAge | late Holocene ⓘ |
| glacierType |
cirque glacier
ⓘ
valley glacier ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
crevasses
ⓘ
icefall ⓘ lateral moraines ⓘ terminal moraine ⓘ |
| hasOutflow |
North Fork Big Pine Creek
ⓘ
linked to:
Big Pine Creek
|
| hasProtectionStatus | wilderness area ⓘ |
| isLargest | largest remaining glacier in the Sierra Nevada ⓘ |
| length | approximately 1.2 kilometers ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
California
ⓘ
linked to:
California, United States
Inyo County, California ⓘ Sierra Nevada ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
eastern Sierra Nevada ⓘ
linked to:
Eastern Sierra
|
| locatedOn | eastern slope of the Palisades range ⓘ |
| managedBy | Inyo National Forest ⓘ |
| mountainRange | Sierra Nevada ⓘ |
| near |
Big Pine, California
ⓘ
Mount Sill ⓘ North Palisade ⓘ Polemonium Peak ⓘ Starlight Peak ⓘ Thunderbolt Peak ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being one of the southernmost glaciers in the United States outside the Rockies and Cascades
ⓘ
largest glacier in the Sierra Nevada by area ⓘ |
| orientation | north-facing cirque ⓘ |
| partOf |
John Muir Wilderness
ⓘ
Palisades (Sierra Nevada) ⓘ |
| state |
California
ⓘ
linked to:
California, United States
|
| status | retreating ⓘ |
| surfaceArea | approximately 0.8 square kilometers ⓘ |
| usedFor |
glaciological research
ⓘ
ice climbing ⓘ mountaineering ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Palisade Glacier Description of subject: Palisade Glacier is the largest remaining glacier in the Sierra Nevada of California, located on the eastern slope of the Palisades range.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.