McMurdo Ice Shelf
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The McMurdo Ice Shelf is a large floating extension of the Antarctic ice sheet located in the southwestern Ross Sea near Ross Island and McMurdo Sound.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| McMurdo Ice Shelf canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3012423 — 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: McMurdo Ice Shelf Context triple: [Ross Dependency, contains, McMurdo Ice Shelf]
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A.
Larsen Ice Shelf
The Larsen Ice Shelf is a large Antarctic ice shelf fringing the eastern coast of the Antarctic Peninsula, known for its dramatic partial collapses that have highlighted the impacts of climate change.
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B.
Ross Ice Shelf
The Ross Ice Shelf is the world’s largest ice shelf, a vast floating extension of the Antarctic ice sheet that plays a key role in buttressing inland glaciers and influencing global sea-level stability.
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C.
Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf
The Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf is one of Antarctica’s largest ice shelves, fringing the southern Weddell Sea and playing a key role in the region’s glaciology and ocean circulation.
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D.
Dotson Ice Shelf
Dotson Ice Shelf is a floating extension of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet that drains into the Amundsen Sea and plays a significant role in regional ice loss and sea-level rise.
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E.
Marie Byrd Land
Marie Byrd Land is a vast, remote, and largely ice-covered region of West Antarctica lying between the Ross Sea and the Amundsen Sea, notable for being one of the largest unclaimed territories on Earth.
- 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: McMurdo Ice Shelf Target entity description: The McMurdo Ice Shelf is a large floating extension of the Antarctic ice sheet located in the southwestern Ross Sea near Ross Island and McMurdo Sound.
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A.
Larsen Ice Shelf
The Larsen Ice Shelf is a large Antarctic ice shelf fringing the eastern coast of the Antarctic Peninsula, known for its dramatic partial collapses that have highlighted the impacts of climate change.
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B.
Ross Ice Shelf
The Ross Ice Shelf is the world’s largest ice shelf, a vast floating extension of the Antarctic ice sheet that plays a key role in buttressing inland glaciers and influencing global sea-level stability.
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C.
Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf
The Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf is one of Antarctica’s largest ice shelves, fringing the southern Weddell Sea and playing a key role in the region’s glaciology and ocean circulation.
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D.
Dotson Ice Shelf
Dotson Ice Shelf is a floating extension of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet that drains into the Amundsen Sea and plays a significant role in regional ice loss and sea-level rise.
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E.
Marie Byrd Land
Marie Byrd Land is a vast, remote, and largely ice-covered region of West Antarctica lying between the Ross Sea and the Amundsen Sea, notable for being one of the largest unclaimed territories on Earth.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
geographical feature
ⓘ
glaciological feature ⓘ ice shelf ⓘ |
| borders |
McMurdo Sound
ⓘ
Ross Island ⓘ |
| hasCategory |
Bodies of ice of the Ross Sea
ⓘ
Ice shelves of Antarctica ⓘ |
| hasClimate | Antarctic climate ⓘ |
| hasComposition | glacial ice ⓘ |
| hasContinent | Antarctica ⓘ |
| hasEnvironment | polar ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
crevasses
ⓘ
ice front facing Ross Sea ⓘ snow-covered surface ⓘ |
| hasGeneralOrientation | roughly east–west along the coast ⓘ |
| hasHemisphere | Southern Hemisphere ⓘ |
| hasLocationRelativeTo |
adjacent to Ross Island
ⓘ
south of McMurdo Sound ⓘ |
| hasNearbyHumanPresence |
McMurdo Station
ⓘ
Scott Base ⓘ |
| hasOcean | Southern Ocean ⓘ |
| hasPhysicalState | floating ⓘ |
| hasProcess | ice flow from Antarctic ice sheet to Ross Sea ⓘ |
| hasRegion | southwestern Ross Sea region ⓘ |
| hasRisk |
crevasse hazards
ⓘ
ice shelf instability ⓘ |
| hasSurface | ice ⓘ |
| hasType | coastal ice shelf ⓘ |
| influences |
local ocean circulation in southwestern Ross Sea
ⓘ
sea-ice formation in McMurdo Sound ⓘ |
| isA |
floating extension of the Antarctic ice sheet
ⓘ
floating ice platform ⓘ |
| isSubjectOf |
climate studies
ⓘ
glaciological research ⓘ ocean–ice interaction studies ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Antarctica
ⓘ
Ross Sea ⓘ Southern Hemisphere ⓘ Southwestern Ross Sea ⓘ
linked to:
Ross Sea
|
| near |
McMurdo Sound
ⓘ
Ross Island ⓘ |
| partOf |
Antarctic ice sheet
ⓘ
linked to:
Antarctic Ice Sheet
Ross Sea embayment ice shelves ⓘ
linked to:
Ross Ice Shelf
Ross Sea sector of the Antarctic ice sheet ⓘ
linked to:
Ross Ice Shelf
|
| usedFor |
logistical access to inland Antarctica
ⓘ
scientific field operations ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: McMurdo Ice Shelf Description of subject: The McMurdo Ice Shelf is a large floating extension of the Antarctic ice sheet located in the southwestern Ross Sea near Ross Island and McMurdo Sound.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Ross Dependency (New Zealand Antarctic territory)