Tanggula Pass
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Tanggula Pass is a high mountain pass in the Tanggula Mountains of the Tibetan Plateau, known as one of the highest road and railway passes in the world.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Tanggula Pass canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3865619 — 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: Tanggula Pass Context triple: [Tanggula Mountains, hasPass, Tanggula Pass]
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A.
Salang Pass
Salang Pass is a high mountain pass in Afghanistan that serves as a crucial transport route through the Hindu Kush, linking the capital Kabul with the country's northern regions.
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B.
Puncak Pass
Puncak Pass is a popular highland resort area in West Java, Indonesia, known for its cool climate, tea plantations, and scenic mountain views.
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C.
Theodul Pass
Theodul Pass is a high mountain pass in the Alps that connects Switzerland and Italy near the Matterhorn, serving as an important historical and hiking route across the Pennine Alps.
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D.
Pordoi Pass
Pordoi Pass is a high mountain pass in the Dolomites of northern Italy, renowned for its dramatic alpine scenery and popularity with cyclists, hikers, and motorists.
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E.
Nangpa La
Nangpa La is a high mountain pass in the Himalayas that historically served as a key trade and pilgrimage route between Tibet and Nepal.
- 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: Tanggula Pass Target entity description: Tanggula Pass is a high mountain pass in the Tanggula Mountains of the Tibetan Plateau, known as one of the highest road and railway passes in the world.
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A.
Salang Pass
Salang Pass is a high mountain pass in Afghanistan that serves as a crucial transport route through the Hindu Kush, linking the capital Kabul with the country's northern regions.
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B.
Puncak Pass
Puncak Pass is a popular highland resort area in West Java, Indonesia, known for its cool climate, tea plantations, and scenic mountain views.
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C.
Theodul Pass
Theodul Pass is a high mountain pass in the Alps that connects Switzerland and Italy near the Matterhorn, serving as an important historical and hiking route across the Pennine Alps.
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D.
Pordoi Pass
Pordoi Pass is a high mountain pass in the Dolomites of northern Italy, renowned for its dramatic alpine scenery and popularity with cyclists, hikers, and motorists.
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E.
Nangpa La
Nangpa La is a high mountain pass in the Himalayas that historically served as a key trade and pilgrimage route between Tibet and Nepal.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
mountain pass
ⓘ
transport infrastructure ⓘ |
| climate | alpine climate ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | China ⓘ |
| crosses | Tanggula Mountains watershed ⓘ |
| elevation |
about 17159 feet above sea level
ⓘ
about 5231 metres above sea level ⓘ |
| environment | permafrost area ⓘ |
| feature |
cold temperatures year-round
ⓘ
sparse vegetation ⓘ thin air ⓘ |
| hazard | altitude sickness risk for travelers ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being one of the highest railway passes in the world
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being one of the highest road passes in the world ⓘ |
| languageOfToponym |
Chinese
ⓘ
Tibetan ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Tanggula Mountains ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritory |
Qinghai Province
ⓘ
linked to:
Qinghai
Tibet Autonomous Region ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Tibetan Plateau ⓘ |
| mountainRange | Tanggula Mountains ⓘ |
| near | source region of the Yangtze River ⓘ |
| onRailway | Qinghai–Tibet Railway ⓘ |
| onRoad | Qinghai–Tibet Highway ⓘ |
| partOf | boundary between Tibet Autonomous Region and Qinghai Province ⓘ |
| railwayFeature | section of Qinghai–Tibet Railway with permafrost engineering ⓘ |
| railwayOpened | 2006 ⓘ |
| region |
northern Tibet
ⓘ
southern Qinghai ⓘ |
| roadFeature | segment of China National Highway G109 ⓘ |
| roadImportance | key segment of access route to Lhasa ⓘ |
| terrain | high-altitude plateau ⓘ |
| transportCorridor | main overland route between Qinghai and Tibet ⓘ |
| usedBy |
road vehicles
ⓘ
trains ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: Tanggula Pass Description of subject: Tanggula Pass is a high mountain pass in the Tanggula Mountains of the Tibetan Plateau, known as one of the highest road and railway passes in the world.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.