Axel Heiberg Glacier
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Axel Heiberg Glacier is a major Antarctic glacier in the Queen Maud Mountains that flows northward into the Ross Ice Shelf.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Axel Heiberg Glacier canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6418399 — 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: Axel Heiberg Glacier Context triple: [Ross Ice Shelf, terminusOf, Axel Heiberg Glacier]
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A.
Aialik Glacier
Aialik Glacier is a large, actively calving tidewater glacier on Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula, popular for boat tours and wildlife viewing within Kenai Fjords National Park.
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B.
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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C.
Margerie Glacier
Margerie Glacier is a prominent tidewater glacier in Alaska’s Glacier Bay, known for its dramatic calving ice cliffs and accessibility to cruise ship visitors.
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D.
Harker Glacier
Harker Glacier is a prominent glacier flowing from the Allardyce Range on South Georgia Island in the southern Atlantic Ocean.
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E.
Fitzsimmons Glacier
Fitzsimmons Glacier is a mountain glacier located in the Fitzsimmons Range of British Columbia, Canada, known for its alpine terrain and proximity to the Whistler area.
- 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: Axel Heiberg Glacier Target entity description: Axel Heiberg Glacier is a major Antarctic glacier in the Queen Maud Mountains that flows northward into the Ross Ice Shelf.
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A.
Aialik Glacier
Aialik Glacier is a large, actively calving tidewater glacier on Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula, popular for boat tours and wildlife viewing within Kenai Fjords National Park.
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B.
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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C.
Margerie Glacier
Margerie Glacier is a prominent tidewater glacier in Alaska’s Glacier Bay, known for its dramatic calving ice cliffs and accessibility to cruise ship visitors.
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D.
Harker Glacier
Harker Glacier is a prominent glacier flowing from the Allardyce Range on South Georgia Island in the southern Atlantic Ocean.
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E.
Fitzsimmons Glacier
Fitzsimmons Glacier is a mountain glacier located in the Fitzsimmons Range of British Columbia, Canada, known for its alpine terrain and proximity to the Whistler area.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | glacier ⓘ |
| belongsToCategory |
Glaciers of the Ross Dependency
ⓘ
Glaciers of the Transantarctic Mountains ⓘ |
| continent | Antarctica ⓘ |
| countryClaim | Ross Dependency ⓘ |
| discoveredBy | Roald Amundsen ⓘ |
| discoveryDate | 1911 ⓘ |
| discoveryExpedition | Amundsen Antarctic Expedition ⓘ |
| flowDirection | northward ⓘ |
| flowsInto | Ross Ice Shelf ⓘ |
| hasClimate | polar desert ⓘ |
| hasEnvironment | polar ⓘ |
| hasFeature | ice stream ⓘ |
| hasResearchInterest |
climate change
ⓘ
glaciology ⓘ ice dynamics ⓘ |
| hasSurface | ice ⓘ |
| isInHemisphere | Southern Hemisphere ⓘ |
| isInOceanBasin |
Southern Ocean region
ⓘ
linked to:
Southern Ocean
|
| isMajorFeatureOf | Queen Maud Mountains ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Antarctica
ⓘ
Queen Maud Mountains ⓘ |
| locatedOn |
Antarctic Plateau
ⓘ
linked to:
East Antarctica
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| namedAfter | Axel Heiberg ⓘ |
| namedBy | Roald Amundsen ⓘ |
| namedForNationality | Norwegian ⓘ |
| namedForOccupation | Norwegian diplomat ⓘ |
| partOf |
Antarctic glacial system
ⓘ
Transantarctic Mountains ⓘ |
| region | Ross Dependency ⓘ |
| terminus | Ross Ice Shelf ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Axel Heiberg Glacier Description of subject: Axel Heiberg Glacier is a major Antarctic glacier in the Queen Maud Mountains that flows northward into the Ross Ice Shelf.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.