Rockfish Gap

E392080

mountain pass transportation corridor

Rockfish Gap is a mountain pass in Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains that serves as a key gateway between Shenandoah National Park and the surrounding lowlands.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Rockfish Gap canonical	3
Rockfish Gap Entrance Station	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3850952 — 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: Rockfish Gap
Context triple: [Skyline Drive, southernTerminus, Rockfish Gap]

A. Sally Gap
Sally Gap is a remote mountain pass in County Wicklow, Ireland, known for its scenic upland landscapes and as a key crossroads in the Wicklow Mountains.
B. Cove Gap
Cove Gap is a small unincorporated community in Pennsylvania best known as the birthplace of U.S. President James Buchanan.
C. Keeler Gap
The Keeler Gap is a narrow, prominent division within Saturn’s A ring, notable for containing small ringlets and being shaped by the gravitational influence of the moon Daphnis.
D. Glen Pass
Glen Pass is a high mountain pass in California’s Sierra Nevada, traversed by the John Muir Trail and Pacific Crest Trail between the Rae Lakes basin and the Bubbs Creek drainage.
E. Duke’s Pass
Duke’s Pass is a scenic, winding route through the Trossachs in central Scotland, renowned for its forested hills, lochs, and panoramic viewpoints near Aberfoyle.
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: Rockfish Gap
Target entity description: Rockfish Gap is a mountain pass in Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains that serves as a key gateway between Shenandoah National Park and the surrounding lowlands.

A. Sally Gap
Sally Gap is a remote mountain pass in County Wicklow, Ireland, known for its scenic upland landscapes and as a key crossroads in the Wicklow Mountains.
B. Cove Gap
Cove Gap is a small unincorporated community in Pennsylvania best known as the birthplace of U.S. President James Buchanan.
C. Keeler Gap
The Keeler Gap is a narrow, prominent division within Saturn’s A ring, notable for containing small ringlets and being shaped by the gravitational influence of the moon Daphnis.
D. Glen Pass
Glen Pass is a high mountain pass in California’s Sierra Nevada, traversed by the John Muir Trail and Pacific Crest Trail between the Rae Lakes basin and the Bubbs Creek drainage.
E. Duke’s Pass
Duke’s Pass is a scenic, winding route through the Trossachs in central Scotland, renowned for its forested hills, lochs, and panoramic viewpoints near Aberfoyle.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	mountain pass ⓘ transportation corridor ⓘ
associatedWith	University of Virginia ⓘ
climate	humid subtropical to humid continental transition zone ⓘ
closestTown	Afton, Virginia ⓘ Waynesboro, Virginia ⓘ
connects	Shenandoah Valley ⓘ Virginia Piedmont ⓘ linked to: Piedmont region of Virginia lowlands east of the Blue Ridge ⓘ
drainageDivideBetween	waters flowing to the James River ⓘ waters flowing to the Shenandoah River ⓘ
elevation	approximately 1900 feet ⓘ approximately 580 meters ⓘ
featureType	wind gap ⓘ
formsBoundaryBetween	Augusta County, Virginia ⓘ Nelson County, Virginia ⓘ
gatewayTo	Shenandoah National Park ⓘ Shenandoah Valley ⓘ Virginia Piedmont ⓘ linked to: Piedmont region of Virginia
geologicalSetting	part of the Appalachian Mountains ⓘ
hasNearbyEntrance	southern entrance to Shenandoah National Park ⓘ
hasNearbyJunction	junction of Skyline Drive and Blue Ridge Parkway ⓘ
hasViewOf	Blue Ridge Mountains ⓘ Shenandoah Valley ⓘ Virginia Piedmont ⓘ linked to: Piedmont region of Virginia
historicalEventSite	Rockfish Gap Commission meeting of 1818 ⓘ
historicalSignificance	site where location of the University of Virginia was chosen in 1818 ⓘ
locatedIn	Augusta County, Virginia ⓘ Blue Ridge Mountains ⓘ Nelson County, Virginia ⓘ United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America Virginia ⓘ
namedAfter	Rockfish River ⓘ
nearbyFeature	Shenandoah National Park ⓘ
partOf	Blue Ridge Parkway corridor ⓘ linked to: Blue Ridge Parkway
recreation	access point to hiking in the Blue Ridge Mountains ⓘ scenic overlook areas ⓘ
region	central Virginia ⓘ linked to: Central Virginia
roadType	primary east–west crossing of the Blue Ridge in central Virginia ⓘ
stateRouteConnection	connection between Charlottesville area and Staunton area via I-64 ⓘ
transportHazard	subject to fog and winter weather conditions ⓘ
transportRole	major highway pass for Interstate 64 between Charlottesville and Staunton ⓘ
traversedBy	Blue Ridge Parkway ⓘ Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (historical alignment nearby) ⓘ linked to: Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Interstate 64 ⓘ U.S. Route 250 ⓘ
usedSince	early 19th century as a transportation route ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

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

Skyline Drive → southernTerminus → Rockfish Gap ⓘ

Skyline Drive → hasAccessPoint → Rockfish Gap Entrance Station ⓘ

linked to: Rockfish Gap

Afton, Virginia → locatedNear → Rockfish Gap ⓘ

Afton, Virginia → hasNearbyPass → Rockfish Gap ⓘ

Shenandoah National Park transportation network → hasEntranceStation → Rockfish Gap Entrance Station ⓘ