Lewis Glacier
E442698
Lewis Glacier is the largest remaining glacier on Mount Kenya, located near the mountain’s summit in Kenya’s central highlands.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lewis Glacier canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3000891 — 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: Lewis Glacier Context triple: [Mount Kenya, hasGlacier, Lewis Glacier]
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A.
Lyman Glacier
Lyman Glacier is a mountain glacier located on the slopes of Mount Adams in Washington State, known for its retreat in recent decades due to climate change.
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B.
Walton Glacier
Walton Glacier is a mountain glacier associated with Oregon’s Mount Jefferson in the Cascade Range.
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C.
Russell Glacier
Russell Glacier is a mountain glacier located on the slopes of Mount Jefferson in the Cascade Range of Oregon.
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D.
Ladd Glacier
Ladd Glacier is a mountain glacier located on the slopes of Mount Hood in the Cascade Range of northern Oregon.
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E.
Bear Glacier
Bear Glacier is a large tidewater glacier in Alaska known for its dramatic ice formations, proglacial lagoon, and wildlife-rich coastal surroundings.
- 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: Lewis Glacier Target entity description: Lewis Glacier is the largest remaining glacier on Mount Kenya, located near the mountain’s summit in Kenya’s central highlands.
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A.
Lyman Glacier
Lyman Glacier is a mountain glacier located on the slopes of Mount Adams in Washington State, known for its retreat in recent decades due to climate change.
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B.
Walton Glacier
Walton Glacier is a mountain glacier associated with Oregon’s Mount Jefferson in the Cascade Range.
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C.
Russell Glacier
Russell Glacier is a mountain glacier located on the slopes of Mount Jefferson in the Cascade Range of Oregon.
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D.
Ladd Glacier
Ladd Glacier is a mountain glacier located on the slopes of Mount Hood in the Cascade Range of northern Oregon.
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E.
Bear Glacier
Bear Glacier is a large tidewater glacier in Alaska known for its dramatic ice formations, proglacial lagoon, and wildlife-rich coastal surroundings.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
glacier
ⓘ
mountain glacier ⓘ |
| accessibleFrom | Mount Kenya climbing routes ⓘ |
| climateZone | alpine zone of Mount Kenya ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| country | Kenya ⓘ |
| drainsInto | streams feeding rivers on Mount Kenya ⓘ |
| hasEnvironmentalSignificance |
indicator of regional climate variability
ⓘ
source of high-altitude meltwater ⓘ |
| hasHazard |
crevasses
ⓘ
icefall risk ⓘ |
| hasMapping |
satellite imagery
ⓘ
topographic surveys ⓘ |
| hasPhotographicEvidenceOfRetreat | repeat photography studies ⓘ |
| hasPhotographicRecordSince | early 20th century ⓘ |
| hasRetreatDrivers |
changes in precipitation
ⓘ
increased solar radiation exposure ⓘ rising air temperatures ⓘ |
| hasRetreatedSignificantlySince | mid-20th century ⓘ |
| hasScientificSignificance | long-term glacier retreat record in the tropics ⓘ |
| hasStatus |
climate change indicator
ⓘ
rapidly shrinking ⓘ retreating glacier ⓘ |
| hasSurfaceType | ice and firn ⓘ |
| isExampleOf |
equatorial glacier
ⓘ
tropical glacier ⓘ |
| isLargestRemainingGlacierOn | Mount Kenya ⓘ |
| isMonitoredBy |
climate scientists
ⓘ
glaciologists ⓘ |
| isSubjectOf |
climate change documentaries
ⓘ
glaciology publications ⓘ |
| isTouristAttraction | true ⓘ |
| isWithin |
Mount Kenya UNESCO World Heritage Site
ⓘ
linked to:
Mount Kenya National Park
|
| locatedIn |
Kenya
ⓘ
Kenya’s central highlands ⓘ |
| locatedInProtectedArea | Mount Kenya National Park ⓘ |
| locatedNear | summit of Mount Kenya ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Mount Kenya ⓘ |
| locatedOnFlank | southern slope of Mount Kenya ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Lewis ⓘ |
| nearbyPeak |
Batian
ⓘ
Nelion ⓘ Point Lenana ⓘ |
| partOf | equatorial glaciers of East Africa ⓘ |
| usedFor |
climate change studies
ⓘ
glaciological research ⓘ hydrological studies ⓘ |
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
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Lewis Glacier Description of subject: Lewis Glacier is the largest remaining glacier on Mount Kenya, located near the mountain’s summit in Kenya’s central highlands.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.