Tête Rousse Glacier
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Tête Rousse Glacier is a high-altitude Alpine glacier on the French side of Mont Blanc, known for its history of catastrophic outburst floods and ongoing glacial monitoring.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tête Rousse Glacier canonical | 4 |
| Tête Rousse glacier | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3035172 — 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: Tête Rousse Glacier Context triple: [Tête Rousse Hut, near, Tête Rousse Glacier]
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Tré-la-Tête Glacier
Tré-la-Tête Glacier is a major alpine glacier located on the southern side of the Mont Blanc massif in the Graian Alps of France and Italy.
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Glacier du Mont Maudit
Glacier du Mont Maudit is a high-altitude Alpine glacier on the Mont Maudit massif in the Mont Blanc range of the French-Italian Alps, known among mountaineers for its crevassed terrain and challenging climbing routes.
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Glacier du Dôme
Glacier du Dôme is a high-altitude glacier on the Mont Blanc massif, contributing ice and snow to the larger Mont-Blanc glacial system in the French Alps.
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Glacier de Tré-la-Tête
Glacier de Tré-la-Tête is a major valley glacier in the Mont Blanc massif of the French Alps, known for its extensive ice cover and role in regional hydrology and mountaineering.
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Glacier d’Ossoue
Glacier d’Ossoue is a prominent glacier on the north face of the Vignemale massif in the central Pyrenees, known as one of the largest and most studied glaciers in the range.
- 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: Tête Rousse Glacier Target entity description: Tête Rousse Glacier is a high-altitude Alpine glacier on the French side of Mont Blanc, known for its history of catastrophic outburst floods and ongoing glacial monitoring.
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A.
Tré-la-Tête Glacier
Tré-la-Tête Glacier is a major alpine glacier located on the southern side of the Mont Blanc massif in the Graian Alps of France and Italy.
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B.
Glacier du Mont Maudit
Glacier du Mont Maudit is a high-altitude Alpine glacier on the Mont Maudit massif in the Mont Blanc range of the French-Italian Alps, known among mountaineers for its crevassed terrain and challenging climbing routes.
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C.
Glacier du Dôme
Glacier du Dôme is a high-altitude glacier on the Mont Blanc massif, contributing ice and snow to the larger Mont-Blanc glacial system in the French Alps.
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D.
Glacier de Tré-la-Tête
Glacier de Tré-la-Tête is a major valley glacier in the Mont Blanc massif of the French Alps, known for its extensive ice cover and role in regional hydrology and mountaineering.
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E.
Glacier d’Ossoue
Glacier d’Ossoue is a prominent glacier on the north face of the Vignemale massif in the central Pyrenees, known as one of the largest and most studied glaciers in the range.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Alpine glacier
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geographical feature ⓘ glacier ⓘ |
| access |
from Saint-Gervais-les-Bains
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via Tête Rousse Hut vicinity ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| elevation |
approximately 10170 feet above sea level
ⓘ
approximately 3100 metres above sea level ⓘ |
| floodDate | 1892 ⓘ |
| floodImpact |
destruction in Saint-Gervais-les-Bains valley
ⓘ
hundreds of fatalities in 1892 ⓘ |
| floodType | glacial lake outburst flood ⓘ |
| glacierType |
cirque glacier
ⓘ
temperate glacier ⓘ |
| hasMonitoring |
drilling of boreholes
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early warning systems ⓘ installation of sensors ⓘ regular radar surveys ⓘ water level measurements ⓘ |
| hazard |
flood risk to Saint-Gervais-les-Bains
ⓘ
glacial lake outburst flood ⓘ |
| historicalEvent | 1892 Tête Rousse Glacier outburst flood ⓘ |
| knownFor |
catastrophic outburst floods
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glacial lake outburst flood risk ⓘ high-altitude location ⓘ ongoing glacial monitoring ⓘ subglacial water pocket ⓘ |
| language | fr ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
French Alps
ⓘ
Mont Blanc massif ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeRegion |
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
ⓘ
linked to:
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region
Haute-Savoie ⓘ |
| locatedOn | French side of Mont Blanc ⓘ |
| monitoredBy |
French glaciologists
ⓘ
local authorities of Haute-Savoie ⓘ risk management services of Saint-Gervais-les-Bains ⓘ
linked to:
Saint-Gervais-les-Bains
|
| mountainRange | Alps ⓘ |
| near |
Aiguille du Goûter
ⓘ
Mont Blanc summit route ⓘ |
| partOf | Mont Blanc massif glacial system ⓘ |
| riskManagement |
controlled drainage of subglacial water pocket
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evacuation plans for local population ⓘ hazard zoning downstream ⓘ |
| tourism | visible from the Goûter route to Mont Blanc ⓘ |
| usedFor |
climate change impact monitoring
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glaciological research ⓘ natural hazard studies ⓘ |
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Subject: Tête Rousse Glacier Description of subject: Tête Rousse Glacier is a high-altitude Alpine glacier on the French side of Mont Blanc, known for its history of catastrophic outburst floods and ongoing glacial monitoring.
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