Jostedalsbreen glacier

E363657

glacier naturalFeature

Jostedalsbreen glacier is the largest glacier on the European mainland, located in western Norway within Jostedalsbreen National Park.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Jostedalsbreen	8
Jostedalsbreen glacier canonical	2
Jostedalsbreen ice cap	2
Briksdalsbreen	1
Jostedalsbreen glacier area	1
glaciers of Jostedalsbreen ice cap	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3506351 — 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: Jostedalsbreen glacier
Context triple: [Sognefjord, near, Jostedalsbreen glacier]

A. Upsala Glacier
Upsala Glacier is one of the largest and most significant valley glaciers in Argentine Patagonia, known for its dramatic ice cliffs and rapid retreat.
B. Forel Glacier
Forel Glacier is one of the small equatorial glaciers on Mount Kenya in Kenya’s central highlands.
C. Finnsnes
Finnsnes is a small coastal town in northern Norway that serves as a commercial and transport hub for the island municipality of Senja.
D. Vatnajökull ice cap
The Vatnajökull ice cap is Iceland’s largest glacier and one of Europe’s most extensive ice masses, covering active volcanoes and dramatic mountainous terrain within Vatnajökull National Park.
E. Viedma Glacier
Viedma Glacier is a massive Patagonian ice field in southern Argentina, known for its striking blue ice, crevasses, and calving front into Lake Viedma.
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: Jostedalsbreen glacier
Target entity description: Jostedalsbreen glacier is the largest glacier on the European mainland, located in western Norway within Jostedalsbreen National Park.

A. Upsala Glacier
Upsala Glacier is one of the largest and most significant valley glaciers in Argentine Patagonia, known for its dramatic ice cliffs and rapid retreat.
B. Forel Glacier
Forel Glacier is one of the small equatorial glaciers on Mount Kenya in Kenya’s central highlands.
C. Finnsnes
Finnsnes is a small coastal town in northern Norway that serves as a commercial and transport hub for the island municipality of Senja.
D. Vatnajökull ice cap
The Vatnajökull ice cap is Iceland’s largest glacier and one of Europe’s most extensive ice masses, covering active volcanoes and dramatic mountainous terrain within Vatnajökull National Park.
E. Viedma Glacier
Viedma Glacier is a massive Patagonian ice field in southern Argentina, known for its striking blue ice, crevasses, and calving front into Lake Viedma.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	glacier ⓘ naturalFeature ⓘ
climateEffect	sensitive to climate change ⓘ
continent	Europe ⓘ
country	Norway ⓘ
drainageBasin	North Sea ⓘ
elevation	approximately 1957 metres above sea level ⓘ approximately 6421 feet above sea level ⓘ
feedsRiver	Jostedøla ⓘ Jølstra ⓘ Stryneelva ⓘ
geologicalType	plateau glacier ⓘ
hasArea	approximately 188 square miles ⓘ approximately 487 square kilometres ⓘ
hasHighestPoint	Høgste Breakulen ⓘ
hasIceThickness	up to about 2000 feet ⓘ up to about 600 metres ⓘ
hasLength	approximately 60 kilometres ⓘ
hasOutletGlacier	Briksdalsbreen ⓘ linked to: Jostedalsbreen glacier Bøyabreen ⓘ Kjenndalsbreen ⓘ Nigardsbreen ⓘ Supphellebreen ⓘ Tunsbergdalsbreen ⓘ
hasVisitorCentre	Jostedalsbreen National Park Centre ⓘ
hasWidth	up to about 15 kilometres ⓘ
isLargest	glacier on the European mainland ⓘ
languageOfToponym	Norwegian ⓘ
locatedIn	Jostedalsbreen National Park ⓘ western Norway ⓘ linked to: Western Norway
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory	Vestland county NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInFormerCounty	Sogn og Fjordane NERFINISHED ⓘ
managedBy	Norwegian Environment Agency ⓘ
nameMeaning	the glacier of Jostedal valley ⓘ
nationalParkEstablished	1991 ⓘ
nearestFjord	Nordfjord ⓘ Sognefjorden ⓘ linked to: Sognefjord
nearestTown	Førde ⓘ Sogndal ⓘ Stryn ⓘ
partOf	Scandinavia ⓘ
protectedBy	Jostedalsbreen National Park ⓘ
tourismActivity	glacier hiking ⓘ guided glacier walks ⓘ ice climbing ⓘ
trend	experiencing glacier retreat ⓘ

How these facts were elicited