Malpelo Island
E381355
Malpelo Island is a remote, rocky Pacific island off the coast of Colombia renowned for its rich marine biodiversity and status as a protected wildlife sanctuary and UNESCO World Heritage Site.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Malpelo Island canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3695623 — 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: Malpelo Island Context triple: [Malpelo Fauna and Flora Sanctuary, hasPart, Malpelo Island]
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A.
San Andrés Island
San Andrés Island is a popular Colombian Caribbean island known for its white-sand beaches, coral reefs, and vibrant Creole culture.
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B.
Cocos Island
Cocos Island is a remote, lush Pacific island and Costa Rican national park renowned for its rich biodiversity and as a haven for unique bird and marine species.
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C.
Navassa Island
Navassa Island is an uninhabited, disputed U.S.-administered Caribbean island known for its wildlife refuge status and historical guano mining.
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D.
Culebra Island
Culebra Island is a small, sparsely populated Caribbean island municipality of Puerto Rico known for its pristine beaches, clear waters, and protected wildlife refuges.
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E.
San Blas Islands
The San Blas Islands are a tropical Caribbean archipelago off Panama’s northern coast, renowned for their pristine beaches, coral reefs, and the autonomous indigenous Guna (Kuna) communities who inhabit and govern them.
- 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: Malpelo Island Target entity description: Malpelo Island is a remote, rocky Pacific island off the coast of Colombia renowned for its rich marine biodiversity and status as a protected wildlife sanctuary and UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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A.
San Andrés Island
San Andrés Island is a popular Colombian Caribbean island known for its white-sand beaches, coral reefs, and vibrant Creole culture.
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B.
Cocos Island
Cocos Island is a remote, lush Pacific island and Costa Rican national park renowned for its rich biodiversity and as a haven for unique bird and marine species.
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C.
Navassa Island
Navassa Island is an uninhabited, disputed U.S.-administered Caribbean island known for its wildlife refuge status and historical guano mining.
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D.
Culebra Island
Culebra Island is a small, sparsely populated Caribbean island municipality of Puerto Rico known for its pristine beaches, clear waters, and protected wildlife refuges.
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E.
San Blas Islands
The San Blas Islands are a tropical Caribbean archipelago off Panama’s northern coast, renowned for their pristine beaches, coral reefs, and the autonomous indigenous Guna (Kuna) communities who inhabit and govern them.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Pacific island
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UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ island ⓘ protected area ⓘ rocky island ⓘ uninhabited island ⓘ |
| accessRestricted | true ⓘ |
| area | about 0.35 square kilometres ⓘ |
| country | Colombia ⓘ |
| distanceFromMainland | about 500 kilometres west of Colombia ⓘ |
| elevation | about 300 metres ⓘ |
| governingBody |
Colombian National Natural Parks
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linked to:
National Natural Parks System of Colombia
|
| hasClimate | tropical oceanic ⓘ |
| hasEndemicSpecies |
Malpelo anole
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Malpelo leaf-toed gecko ⓘ Malpelo marine fauna species ⓘ |
| hasFauna |
large pelagic fish
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seabirds ⓘ sharks ⓘ |
| hasFlora | sparse vegetation ⓘ |
| hasGeologicalOrigin | volcanic ⓘ |
| hasPresence | Colombian military detachment ⓘ |
| hasTerrain |
rocky outcrops
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steep cliffs ⓘ |
| humanPopulation | uninhabited ⓘ |
| importantFor |
marine research
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seabird conservation ⓘ shark conservation ⓘ |
| IUCNCategory | II ⓘ |
| knownFor |
large shark aggregations
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pelagic fish populations ⓘ rich marine biodiversity ⓘ seabird colonies ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
| locatedOffCoastOf | Colombia ⓘ |
| marineProtectedAreaSize | over 8500 square kilometres ⓘ |
| nearestMajorPort | Buenaventura ⓘ |
| partOf |
Eastern Tropical Pacific
ⓘ
linked to:
Eastern Tropical Pacific Marine Corridor
Malpelo Fauna and Flora Sanctuary ⓘ |
| protectedStatus |
no-take marine reserve
ⓘ
wildlife sanctuary ⓘ |
| recognizedBy |
IUCN
ⓘ
UNESCO ⓘ |
| surroundedBy | deep ocean waters ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageCategory | Natural ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageDesignationYear | 2006 ⓘ |
| visitedFor |
liveaboard dive expeditions
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scuba diving ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Malpelo Island Description of subject: Malpelo Island is a remote, rocky Pacific island off the coast of Colombia renowned for its rich marine biodiversity and status as a protected wildlife sanctuary and UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.