Cape Evans
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Cape Evans is a rocky headland on Ross Island in Antarctica, best known as the site of Robert Falcon Scott’s Terra Nova expedition hut.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cape Evans canonical | 6 |
| Scott’s Hut at Cape Evans | 2 |
| Scott's Cape Evans base | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3012409 — 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: Cape Evans Context triple: [Ross Dependency, contains, Cape Evans]
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A.
Davis station
Davis station is an elevated Chicago Transit Authority rapid transit stop in Evanston, Illinois, serving the Purple Line and connecting to multiple bus routes.
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B.
Davis station
Davis station is an underground rapid transit stop on the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority's Red Line located in Somerville, Massachusetts.
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C.
Cape Adare
Cape Adare is a prominent ice-free headland in northern Victoria Land, Antarctica, notable as the site of the first documented landing on the Antarctic mainland and an important Adélie penguin rookery.
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D.
Palmer Station
Palmer Station is a United States research facility on Anvers Island off the Antarctic Peninsula, focused on marine biology, climate, and ecosystem studies in the Western Antarctic region.
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E.
Signy Research Station
Signy Research Station is a British Antarctic Survey research facility on Signy Island in the South Orkney Islands, focused on biological and environmental studies in the sub-Antarctic region.
- 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: Cape Evans Target entity description: Cape Evans is a rocky headland on Ross Island in Antarctica, best known as the site of Robert Falcon Scott’s Terra Nova expedition hut.
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A.
Davis station
Davis station is an elevated Chicago Transit Authority rapid transit stop in Evanston, Illinois, serving the Purple Line and connecting to multiple bus routes.
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B.
Davis station
Davis station is an underground rapid transit stop on the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority's Red Line located in Somerville, Massachusetts.
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C.
Cape Adare
Cape Adare is a prominent ice-free headland in northern Victoria Land, Antarctica, notable as the site of the first documented landing on the Antarctic mainland and an important Adélie penguin rookery.
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D.
Palmer Station
Palmer Station is a United States research facility on Anvers Island off the Antarctic Peninsula, focused on marine biology, climate, and ecosystem studies in the Western Antarctic region.
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E.
Signy Research Station
Signy Research Station is a British Antarctic Survey research facility on Signy Island in the South Orkney Islands, focused on biological and environmental studies in the sub-Antarctic region.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cape
ⓘ
geographic feature ⓘ headland ⓘ |
| climate | polar climate ⓘ |
| countryClaimedBy | New Zealand ⓘ |
| distanceTo |
approximately 13 km from Cape Royds
ⓘ
approximately 22 km from McMurdo Station ⓘ |
| governedBy | Antarctic Treaty System ⓘ |
| hasAccessMode | access by sea ice or helicopter ⓘ |
| hasBuildingMaterial | volcanic rock ⓘ |
| hasConservationManagementBy | New Zealand Antarctic Heritage Trust ⓘ |
| hasEcosystem | Antarctic coastal ecosystem ⓘ |
| hasHistoricPeriod | Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration ⓘ |
| hasHistoricSite | Scott’s Hut ⓘ |
| hasLatitude | -77.638 ⓘ |
| hasLegalStatus | demilitarized under Antarctic Treaty ⓘ |
| hasLongitude | 166.404 ⓘ |
| hasNearbyFeature |
Cape Royds
ⓘ
McMurdo Sound ⓘ Mount Erebus ⓘ |
| hasPrimaryLanguageOfVisitors | English ⓘ |
| hasSeaIce | seasonal sea ice in McMurdo Sound ⓘ |
| hasStructure | Scott’s Terra Nova expedition hut ⓘ |
| hasTerrain | rocky headland ⓘ |
| hasTimeZone |
New Zealand Standard Time (operational use)
ⓘ
linked to:
New Zealand Standard Time
|
| locatedIn |
Antarctica
ⓘ
Ross Dependency ⓘ Ross Island ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Edward Evans
ⓘ
linked to:
Edward Bransfield
|
| namedBy | Robert Falcon Scott ⓘ |
| onCoastOf | Ross Sea ⓘ |
| partOf | Ross Archipelago ⓘ |
| protectedAs | Historic Site or Monument (HSM 16) ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Edward Evans
ⓘ
linked to:
Edward Bransfield
Robert Falcon Scott ⓘ members of the British Antarctic Expedition 1910–1913 ⓘ |
| visitedFor |
polar history tourism
ⓘ
scientific research ⓘ |
| wasBaseFor |
British Antarctic Expedition 1910–1913
ⓘ
linked to:
British Antarctic Expedition
Terra Nova Expedition ⓘ
linked to:
British Antarctic Expedition
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Cape Evans Description of subject: Cape Evans is a rocky headland on Ross Island in Antarctica, best known as the site of Robert Falcon Scott’s Terra Nova expedition hut.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Ross Dependency (New Zealand Antarctic territory)
subject linked to:
Ross Dependency (New Zealand Antarctic territory)
linked to: Cape Evans
linked to: Cape Evans
linked to: Cape Evans