Monument Valley (Arizona portion)

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cultural landscape landform tourist attraction valley

Monument Valley (Arizona portion) is the iconic stretch of the Navajo Nation famed for its towering sandstone buttes and desert vistas that have become a symbol of the American Southwest in film and photography.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park	7
Monument Valley	5
Monument Valley (Arizona portion) canonical	3
Forrest Gump Point (view toward Arizona buttes)	1
Monument Valley region	1
Monument Valley, Arizona	1
Monument Valley, Arizona-Utah border	1
Monument Valley, Arizona–Utah region	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T182333 — 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: Monument Valley (Arizona portion)
Context triple: [Arizona, contains, Monument Valley (Arizona portion)]

A. Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area
Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area is a protected region near Las Vegas known for its striking red sandstone cliffs, desert landscapes, and popular hiking and rock climbing opportunities.
B. Zion National Park
Zion National Park is a renowned national park in southwestern Utah known for its towering sandstone cliffs, narrow slot canyons, and scenic hiking trails like Angels Landing and The Narrows.
C. Bandelier National Monument
Bandelier National Monument is a protected area in northern New Mexico known for its ancient Ancestral Puebloan cliff dwellings, petroglyphs, and rugged canyon-and-mesa landscapes.
D. Mojave National Preserve
Mojave National Preserve is a vast protected area in southeastern California known for its dramatic desert landscapes, sand dunes, volcanic formations, Joshua tree forests, and diverse wildlife.
E. Fern Canyon
Fern Canyon is a lush, narrow gorge in Northern California famed for its sheer walls draped in ferns and its appearance in films like Jurassic Park 2.
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: Monument Valley (Arizona portion)
Target entity description: Monument Valley (Arizona portion) is the iconic stretch of the Navajo Nation famed for its towering sandstone buttes and desert vistas that have become a symbol of the American Southwest in film and photography.

A. Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area
Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area is a protected region near Las Vegas known for its striking red sandstone cliffs, desert landscapes, and popular hiking and rock climbing opportunities.
B. Zion National Park
Zion National Park is a renowned national park in southwestern Utah known for its towering sandstone cliffs, narrow slot canyons, and scenic hiking trails like Angels Landing and The Narrows.
C. Bandelier National Monument
Bandelier National Monument is a protected area in northern New Mexico known for its ancient Ancestral Puebloan cliff dwellings, petroglyphs, and rugged canyon-and-mesa landscapes.
D. Mojave National Preserve
Mojave National Preserve is a vast protected area in southeastern California known for its dramatic desert landscapes, sand dunes, volcanic formations, Joshua tree forests, and diverse wildlife.
E. Fern Canyon
Fern Canyon is a lush, narrow gorge in Northern California famed for its sheer walls draped in ferns and its appearance in films like Jurassic Park 2.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cultural landscape ⓘ landform ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ valley ⓘ
borderedBy	Utah portion of Monument Valley ⓘ
climate	arid ⓘ desert climate ⓘ
continent	North America ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
culturalSignificanceFor	Navajo people ⓘ
elevation	approximately 1600 meters above sea level ⓘ approximately 5200 feet above sea level ⓘ
featuredInGenre	Western films ⓘ
featuredInMedium	feature films ⓘ television commercials ⓘ travel photography ⓘ
geologicalEra	Permian period ⓘ
geologicalFormation	sandstone ⓘ
governedBy	Navajo Parks and Recreation Department ⓘ
hasAccessRoad	U.S. Route 163 ⓘ
hasLandform	butte ⓘ mesa ⓘ monoliths ⓘ spires ⓘ
hasOfficialLanguage	English ⓘ Navajo ⓘ linked to: Navajo people
hasProtectedArea	Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park ⓘ linked to: Monument Valley (Arizona portion)
hasViewpoint	Forrest Gump Point (view toward Arizona buttes) ⓘ linked to: Monument Valley (Arizona portion)
knownFor	appearances in Western films ⓘ desert vistas ⓘ iconic American Southwest scenery ⓘ photography locations ⓘ towering sandstone buttes ⓘ
landUse	tourism ⓘ traditional Navajo grazing ⓘ
locatedIn	Arizona ⓘ Colorado Plateau ⓘ Navajo Nation ⓘ
nearestTown	Kayenta, Arizona ⓘ
partOf	Monument Valley ⓘ linked to: Monument Valley (Arizona portion)
sovereignTerritoryOf	Navajo Nation ⓘ
symbolOf	American Southwest ⓘ linked to: southwestern United States classic Western frontier imagery ⓘ
tourismActivity	guided Navajo tours ⓘ hiking on designated trails ⓘ photography ⓘ scenic drives ⓘ
withinReservation	Navajo Nation Reservation ⓘ linked to: Navajo Nation

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Referenced by (20)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Arizona → contains → Monument Valley (Arizona portion) ⓘ

subject linked to: U.S. state of Arizona

Arizona → contains → Monument Valley (Arizona portion) ⓘ

Southwestern United States → contains → Monument Valley ⓘ

subject linked to: southwestern United States