Lombok Strait
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Lombok Strait is a deep, narrow waterway between the Indonesian islands of Bali and Lombok that serves as a major international shipping route and alternative passage to the nearby Strait of Malacca.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lombok Strait canonical | 30 |
| Lombok Strait region | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T371896 — 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: Lombok Strait Context triple: [Indian Ocean, hasStrategicStrait, Lombok Strait]
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A.
Bali Strait
The Bali Strait is a narrow body of water separating the Indonesian islands of Java and Bali, serving as an important local shipping and ferry route.
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B.
Madura Strait
Madura Strait is the body of water separating the island of Madura from northeastern Java in Indonesia, serving as an important local maritime passage.
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C.
Sunda Strait
The Sunda Strait is a narrow waterway in Indonesia that separates the islands of Java and Sumatra, connecting the Java Sea with the Indian Ocean.
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D.
Luzon Strait
The Luzon Strait is a strategically important body of water between Taiwan and the Philippines that connects the South China Sea with the Philippine Sea in the western Pacific Ocean.
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E.
Strait of Malacca
The Strait of Malacca is a narrow, strategically vital waterway between the Malay Peninsula and the Indonesian island of Sumatra that serves as one of the world’s busiest shipping lanes connecting the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
- 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: Lombok Strait Target entity description: Lombok Strait is a deep, narrow waterway between the Indonesian islands of Bali and Lombok that serves as a major international shipping route and alternative passage to the nearby Strait of Malacca.
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A.
Bali Strait
The Bali Strait is a narrow body of water separating the Indonesian islands of Java and Bali, serving as an important local shipping and ferry route.
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B.
Madura Strait
Madura Strait is the body of water separating the island of Madura from northeastern Java in Indonesia, serving as an important local maritime passage.
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C.
Sunda Strait
The Sunda Strait is a narrow waterway in Indonesia that separates the islands of Java and Sumatra, connecting the Java Sea with the Indian Ocean.
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D.
Luzon Strait
The Luzon Strait is a strategically important body of water between Taiwan and the Philippines that connects the South China Sea with the Philippine Sea in the western Pacific Ocean.
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E.
Strait of Malacca
The Strait of Malacca is a narrow, strategically vital waterway between the Malay Peninsula and the Indonesian island of Sumatra that serves as one of the world’s busiest shipping lanes connecting the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
international shipping route
ⓘ
strait ⓘ |
| alternativeTo | Strait of Malacca ⓘ |
| borders |
Bali Sea
ⓘ
Indian Ocean ⓘ |
| climateZone | tropical ⓘ |
| connects |
Indian Ocean
ⓘ
Java Sea ⓘ |
| country | Indonesia ⓘ |
| ecoregionBoundary |
Wallace Line
ⓘ
linked to:
the Wallace Line
|
| governedBy | Indonesian maritime law ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
deep
ⓘ
narrow ⓘ significant tidal flows ⓘ strong currents ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
steep underwater topography
ⓘ
upwelling zones ⓘ |
| influences |
local fisheries
ⓘ
regional ocean circulation ⓘ |
| knownFor |
popular diving sites
ⓘ
rich marine biodiversity ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Lesser Sunda Islands
ⓘ
Southeast Asia ⓘ |
| navigationHazard | strong currents for small vessels ⓘ |
| nearbyIsland |
Nusa Ceningan
ⓘ
Nusa Lembongan ⓘ Nusa Penida ⓘ |
| oceanographicRole | conduit for Pacific to Indian Ocean water transport ⓘ |
| partOf |
Indonesian Throughflow
ⓘ
Indonesian archipelagic sea lanes ⓘ global maritime trade network ⓘ |
| passesThrough | Indonesian archipelagic waters ⓘ |
| region |
Bali Province
ⓘ
linked to:
Bali
West Nusa Tenggara Province ⓘ
linked to:
West Nusa Tenggara
|
| separates |
Bali
ⓘ
Lombok ⓘ |
| shippingLaneStatus | heavily trafficked ⓘ |
| strategicImportance |
alternative deep-draft route to Malacca Strait
ⓘ
major sea lane for East Asia–Middle East trade ⓘ |
| usedBy |
LNG carriers
ⓘ
container ships ⓘ naval vessels ⓘ |
| usedFor |
bulk carrier traffic
ⓘ
international maritime trade ⓘ oil tanker traffic ⓘ |
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: Lombok Strait Description of subject: Lombok Strait is a deep, narrow waterway between the Indonesian islands of Bali and Lombok that serves as a major international shipping route and alternative passage to the nearby Strait of Malacca.
Referenced by (31)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Wallace Line concept in biogeography
subject linked to:
the Wallace Line
linked to: Lombok Strait
subject linked to:
ITF