Barren Island
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Barren Island is a remote volcanic island in the Andaman Sea, home to the only confirmed active volcano in India.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Barren Island canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3698369 — 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: Barren Island Context triple: [Andaman Islands, contains, Barren Island]
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A.
Barren Island
Barren Island is a small, largely undeveloped island located within Jamaica Bay in New York City, known for its marshland habitat and role in the bay’s wildlife ecosystem.
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B.
Buru Island
Buru Island is a remote Indonesian island in the Maluku province, historically notorious as a political prison camp site during the Suharto era.
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C.
Bombay Island
Bombay Island is the historic core island of present-day Mumbai on India’s west coast, which developed into a major port and urban center under British colonial rule.
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D.
Raoul Island
Raoul Island is a remote volcanic island in the South Pacific Ocean, forming part of New Zealand’s Kermadec Islands and known for its active volcano and protected nature reserve status.
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E.
Great Nicobar Island
Great Nicobar Island is the southernmost and largest island of India’s Nicobar group, known for its dense tropical forests, rich biodiversity, and strategic location near the Malacca Strait.
- 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: Barren Island Target entity description: Barren Island is a remote volcanic island in the Andaman Sea, home to the only confirmed active volcano in India.
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A.
Barren Island
Barren Island is a small, largely undeveloped island located within Jamaica Bay in New York City, known for its marshland habitat and role in the bay’s wildlife ecosystem.
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B.
Buru Island
Buru Island is a remote Indonesian island in the Maluku province, historically notorious as a political prison camp site during the Suharto era.
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C.
Bombay Island
Bombay Island is the historic core island of present-day Mumbai on India’s west coast, which developed into a major port and urban center under British colonial rule.
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D.
Raoul Island
Raoul Island is a remote volcanic island in the South Pacific Ocean, forming part of New Zealand’s Kermadec Islands and known for its active volcano and protected nature reserve status.
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E.
Great Nicobar Island
Great Nicobar Island is the southernmost and largest island of India’s Nicobar group, known for its dense tropical forests, rich biodiversity, and strategic location near the Malacca Strait.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
active volcano
ⓘ
island ⓘ volcanic island ⓘ |
| administeredBy |
Andaman and Nicobar Administration
ⓘ
linked to:
Government of Andaman and Nicobar Islands
|
| country | India ⓘ |
| distanceFrom |
about 135 km northeast of Port Blair
ⓘ
about 70 km east of the main Andaman Islands chain ⓘ |
| eruptedIn |
1787
ⓘ
1991 ⓘ 1994 ⓘ 19th century ⓘ 2005 ⓘ 2008 ⓘ 2017 ⓘ 2018 ⓘ |
| governedBy | India ⓘ |
| hasAccess |
by boat
ⓘ
by liveaboard dive vessels ⓘ |
| hasArea | approximately 8 square kilometres ⓘ |
| hasCalderaDiameter | approximately 2 km ⓘ |
| hasCrater | central cinder cone ⓘ |
| hasDiameter | approximately 3 km ⓘ |
| hasEruptionStyle |
Strombolian
ⓘ
effusive lava flows ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
caldera
ⓘ
lava flows reaching the sea ⓘ scoria cones ⓘ |
| hasFirstRecordedEruption | 1787 ⓘ |
| hasHighestElevation | approximately 354 m ⓘ |
| hasHumanPopulation | 0 permanent residents ⓘ |
| hasMarineLife |
manta rays
ⓘ
rich coral reefs ⓘ sharks ⓘ |
| hasNameOrigin | named for its barren appearance and lack of permanent human settlement ⓘ |
| hasStatus | only confirmed active volcano in India ⓘ |
| hasTectonicSetting | subduction zone ⓘ |
| hasVolcano | Barren Island Volcano ⓘ |
| isPopularFor |
scuba diving
ⓘ
underwater photography ⓘ |
| isRemote | true ⓘ |
| isUninhabited | true ⓘ |
| liesEastOf | Great Andaman Island ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Andaman Sea
ⓘ
Andaman and Nicobar Islands ⓘ Bay of Bengal ⓘ Indian Ocean ⓘ |
| locatedOn |
Indian Plate
ⓘ
linked to:
India Plate
|
| near | Burma Plate ⓘ |
| partOf |
Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands
ⓘ
linked to:
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
|
| volcanoType |
stratovolcano
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submarine volcano with emergent summit ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Barren Island Description of subject: Barren Island is a remote volcanic island in the Andaman Sea, home to the only confirmed active volcano in India.
Referenced by (1)
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