Gaping Gill
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Gaping Gill is a famous and vast natural cave system in North Yorkshire, England, known for its spectacular underground chamber and one of the largest unbroken underground waterfalls in the UK.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Gaping Gill canonical | 1 |
| Gaping Gill area | 1 |
| Gaping Gill system | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8360805 — 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: Gaping Gill Context triple: [Ingleborough, near, Gaping Gill]
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A.
Moaning Cavern
Moaning Cavern is a large limestone cave in California’s Sierra Nevada foothills, famous for its massive vertical chamber and guided tours that include rappelling and spelunking.
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B.
Loch Ard Gorge
Loch Ard Gorge is a dramatic coastal inlet in Victoria, Australia, famed for its towering limestone cliffs, turquoise waters, and shipwreck history along the Great Ocean Road.
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C.
Cox's Cave
Cox's Cave is a show cave in the limestone Cheddar Gorge in Somerset, England, known for its striking stalactite and stalagmite formations and illuminated underground chambers.
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D.
Deep Gill
Deep Gill is a notable steep gully on the slopes of Scafell in England’s Lake District, popular with scramblers and climbers.
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E.
Dunmore Cave
Dunmore Cave is a limestone show cave in Ireland noted for its archaeological finds, Viking-age history, and impressive underground formations.
- 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: Gaping Gill Target entity description: Gaping Gill is a famous and vast natural cave system in North Yorkshire, England, known for its spectacular underground chamber and one of the largest unbroken underground waterfalls in the UK.
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A.
Moaning Cavern
Moaning Cavern is a large limestone cave in California’s Sierra Nevada foothills, famous for its massive vertical chamber and guided tours that include rappelling and spelunking.
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B.
Loch Ard Gorge
Loch Ard Gorge is a dramatic coastal inlet in Victoria, Australia, famed for its towering limestone cliffs, turquoise waters, and shipwreck history along the Great Ocean Road.
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C.
Cox's Cave
Cox's Cave is a show cave in the limestone Cheddar Gorge in Somerset, England, known for its striking stalactite and stalagmite formations and illuminated underground chambers.
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D.
Deep Gill
Deep Gill is a notable steep gully on the slopes of Scafell in England’s Lake District, popular with scramblers and climbers.
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E.
Dunmore Cave
Dunmore Cave is a limestone show cave in Ireland noted for its archaeological finds, Viking-age history, and impressive underground formations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cave system
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karst cave ⓘ natural cave ⓘ |
| accessMethod |
ladder
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single-rope technique ⓘ winch ⓘ |
| approximateDepth |
about 105 metres
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about 344 feet ⓘ |
| chamberDimensions |
approximately 129 metres long
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approximately 31 metres wide ⓘ up to about 35 metres high ⓘ |
| connectedTo | Ingleborough Cave ⓘ |
| connectionType | flooded passage ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| drainage | subterranean drainage to Ingleborough Cave ⓘ |
| exploredBy | cavers ⓘ |
| firstRecordedDescentBy | Édouard-Alfred Martel ⓘ |
| firstRecordedDescentYear | 1895 ⓘ |
| formedBy | water erosion ⓘ |
| geologicalSetting | limestone ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName | Gaping Ghyll ⓘ |
| hasEvent | public winch meet ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
large underground chamber
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unbroken underground waterfall ⓘ |
| hasSurvey | cave survey maps ⓘ |
| knownFor |
one of the highest unbroken underground waterfalls in the UK
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one of the largest underground chambers in Britain ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
England
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North Yorkshire ⓘ Yorkshire Dales ⓘ |
| locatedInNationalPark |
Yorkshire Dales National Park
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linked to:
Yorkshire Dales
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| locatedOn | Ingleborough ⓘ |
| nearestSettlement | Clapham ⓘ |
| partOf | British cave system network ⓘ |
| publicWinchOccurs |
late August bank holiday
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spring bank holiday ⓘ |
| publicWinchOrganisedBy |
Bradford Pothole Club
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Craven Pothole Club ⓘ |
| region | Craven district ⓘ |
| regulation | access managed by local caving clubs ⓘ |
| requires | specialist caving equipment ⓘ |
| risk | flooding ⓘ |
| tourism | popular destination for cavers ⓘ |
| watercourse | Fell Beck ⓘ |
| waterfallHeight |
about 322 feet
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about 98 metres ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Gaping Gill Description of subject: Gaping Gill is a famous and vast natural cave system in North Yorkshire, England, known for its spectacular underground chamber and one of the largest unbroken underground waterfalls in the UK.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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