Zhokhov Island
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Zhokhov Island is a remote Arctic island in the East Siberian Sea, notable for its well-preserved archaeological sites revealing early human adaptation to high-latitude environments.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Zhokhov Island canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3297452 — 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: Zhokhov Island Context triple: [New Siberian Islands, hasPart, Zhokhov Island]
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A.
Stolbovoy Island
Stolbovoy Island is a remote, largely uninhabited Arctic island of the New Siberian Islands archipelago in northern Russia.
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B.
Zayachy Island
Zayachy Island is a small island in the Neva River in Saint Petersburg, Russia, best known as the historic site where the city was founded and where the Peter and Paul Fortress stands.
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C.
Petrovsky Island
Petrovsky Island is a small historic island in Saint Petersburg, Russia, known for its parks, sports facilities, and proximity to the city’s central waterways.
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D.
Baranov Island
Baranov Island is a large, mountainous island in Alaska’s Alexander Archipelago, known for the city of Sitka and its rich Russian-American colonial history.
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E.
Faddeyevsky Island
Faddeyevsky Island is a remote, low-lying Arctic island in the Laptev Sea that forms part of Russia’s New Siberian Islands archipelago.
- 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: Zhokhov Island Target entity description: Zhokhov Island is a remote Arctic island in the East Siberian Sea, notable for its well-preserved archaeological sites revealing early human adaptation to high-latitude environments.
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A.
Stolbovoy Island
Stolbovoy Island is a remote, largely uninhabited Arctic island of the New Siberian Islands archipelago in northern Russia.
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B.
Zayachy Island
Zayachy Island is a small island in the Neva River in Saint Petersburg, Russia, best known as the historic site where the city was founded and where the Peter and Paul Fortress stands.
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C.
Petrovsky Island
Petrovsky Island is a small historic island in Saint Petersburg, Russia, known for its parks, sports facilities, and proximity to the city’s central waterways.
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D.
Baranov Island
Baranov Island is a large, mountainous island in Alaska’s Alexander Archipelago, known for the city of Sitka and its rich Russian-American colonial history.
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E.
Faddeyevsky Island
Faddeyevsky Island is a remote, low-lying Arctic island in the Laptev Sea that forms part of Russia’s New Siberian Islands archipelago.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Arctic island
ⓘ
island ⓘ |
| administeredBy | Russia ⓘ |
| archaeologicalPeriod |
Early Holocene
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Mesolithic ⓘ |
| area | approximately 77 square kilometres ⓘ |
| belongsToArchipelago | De Long Islands ⓘ |
| climate | polar climate ⓘ |
| country | Russia ⓘ |
| coveredBy | snow for most of the year ⓘ |
| discoveredBy | Eduard Toll ⓘ |
| discoveryExpedition | Russian Polar Expedition ⓘ |
| earliestHumanOccupation | around 8000–9000 years ago ⓘ |
| elevation | up to about 120 metres ⓘ |
| environment |
permafrost
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tundra ⓘ |
| geology | sedimentary rocks ⓘ |
| hasArchaeologicalSite | Zhokhov Island Mesolithic site ⓘ |
| hasEvidenceOf |
complex tool production
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dwelling structures ⓘ early Arctic hunting communities ⓘ early domestication or management of dogs ⓘ polar bear hunting ⓘ reindeer hunting ⓘ seal hunting ⓘ wooden and bone artifacts ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOfArchaeologicalInterpretation |
English
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Russian ⓘ |
| knownFor |
evidence of early human adaptation to high-latitude environments
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well-preserved archaeological remains ⓘ |
| latitude | approximately 76.15°N ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Arctic Ocean
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East Siberian Sea ⓘ |
| longitude | approximately 152.75°E ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Nikolai Zhokhov ⓘ |
| nearestLargeLandmass |
New Siberian Islands region
ⓘ
linked to:
New Siberian Islands
|
| ocean | East Siberian Sea ⓘ |
| partOf |
De Long Islands
ⓘ
Far Eastern Federal District ⓘ Sakha Republic ⓘ |
| population | uninhabited ⓘ |
| protectedStatus | restricted access for scientific purposes ⓘ |
| researchInterest |
early dog domestication
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human adaptation to Arctic environments ⓘ paleoclimate studies ⓘ |
| seaIceCoverage | long-lasting ⓘ |
| surroundedBy | pack ice for most of the year ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Zhokhov Island Description of subject: Zhokhov Island is a remote Arctic island in the East Siberian Sea, notable for its well-preserved archaeological sites revealing early human adaptation to high-latitude environments.
Referenced by (3)
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