Gorner Glacier
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Gorner Glacier is one of the largest and most famous valley glaciers in the Swiss Alps, located near Zermatt below the Monte Rosa massif.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Gorner Glacier canonical | 23 |
| Gorner Glacier region | 1 |
| Gorner Glacier system | 1 |
| Grenzgletscher | 1 |
| Lysgletscher | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T583533 — 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: Gorner Glacier Context triple: [Monte Rosa, hasGlacier, Gorner Glacier]
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A.
Miage Glacier
Miage Glacier is a large valley glacier on the Italian side of the Mont Blanc massif, notable for its extensive debris-covered surface.
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B.
Baltoro Glacier
Baltoro Glacier is one of the world’s largest and most famous mountain glaciers, located in Pakistan’s Karakoram range and serving as a key route to K2 and other high peaks.
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C.
Squaw Glacier
Squaw Glacier is a mountain glacier located on the slopes of the Three Sisters volcanic peaks in the Cascade Range of Oregon.
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D.
Villard Glacier
Villard Glacier is a mountain glacier located on the slopes of the Three Sisters volcanic peaks in the Cascade Range of Oregon.
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E.
Wheeler Peak Glacier
Wheeler Peak Glacier is a small alpine glacier nestled on the slopes of Wheeler Peak in Nevada’s Snake Range, notable as one of the southernmost glaciers in the United States.
- 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: Gorner Glacier Target entity description: Gorner Glacier is one of the largest and most famous valley glaciers in the Swiss Alps, located near Zermatt below the Monte Rosa massif.
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A.
Miage Glacier
Miage Glacier is a large valley glacier on the Italian side of the Mont Blanc massif, notable for its extensive debris-covered surface.
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B.
Baltoro Glacier
Baltoro Glacier is one of the world’s largest and most famous mountain glaciers, located in Pakistan’s Karakoram range and serving as a key route to K2 and other high peaks.
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C.
Squaw Glacier
Squaw Glacier is a mountain glacier located on the slopes of the Three Sisters volcanic peaks in the Cascade Range of Oregon.
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D.
Villard Glacier
Villard Glacier is a mountain glacier located on the slopes of the Three Sisters volcanic peaks in the Cascade Range of Oregon.
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E.
Wheeler Peak Glacier
Wheeler Peak Glacier is a small alpine glacier nestled on the slopes of Wheeler Peak in Nevada’s Snake Range, notable as one of the southernmost glaciers in the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
glacier
ⓘ
valley glacier ⓘ |
| country | Switzerland ⓘ |
| drainageBasin |
Rhône basin
ⓘ
linked to:
Rhône river basin
|
| feeds | hydroelectric power plants in Valais ⓘ |
| flowsInto | Gornera River ⓘ |
| hasArea | about 57 km² ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalMaximum | Little Ice Age extent ⓘ |
| hasHydrologicalEvent | annual glacial lake outburst floods ⓘ |
| hasHydrologicalFeature |
Gornersee
ⓘ
subglacial lake ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | German ⓘ |
| hasLanguageName | Gornergletscher ⓘ |
| hasLength | about 12.4 km ⓘ |
| hasMaximumElevation | about 4600 m ⓘ |
| hasMouthElevation | about 2200 m ⓘ |
| hasNearbyPeak |
Breithorn
ⓘ
Castor ⓘ Dufourspitze ⓘ Liskamm ⓘ Pollux ⓘ |
| hasRetreatCause | climate change ⓘ |
| hasRetreatRate | tens of meters per year ⓘ |
| hasScientificUse |
climate change monitoring site
ⓘ
glaciological research site ⓘ |
| hasSurfaceFeature |
heavily crevassed surface
ⓘ
icefalls ⓘ lateral moraines ⓘ medial moraines ⓘ supraglacial streams ⓘ |
| hasTerminusType | land-terminating glacier ⓘ |
| hasTourismImportance | major tourist attraction ⓘ |
| isEastOf | Matterhorn ⓘ |
| isFamousFor |
complex glacier system with tributaries
ⓘ
size and spectacular alpine scenery ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
Gorner Glacier system
ⓘ
linked to:
Gorner Glacier
|
| isRetreating | true ⓘ |
| isSouthOf | Gornergrat ⓘ |
| isWestOf |
Monte Rosa massif
ⓘ
linked to:
Monte Rosa
|
| locatedBelow |
Monte Rosa massif
ⓘ
linked to:
Monte Rosa
|
| locatedIn |
Pennine Alps
ⓘ
Swiss Alps ⓘ
linked to:
Alps
|
| locatedInCanton | Canton of Valais ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Zermatt ⓘ |
| rankInSwitzerlandByArea | second-largest glacier system ⓘ |
| viewedFrom |
Gornergrat Railway
ⓘ
Gornergrat summit ⓘ
linked to:
Gornergrat
Klein Matterhorn area ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Gorner Glacier Description of subject: Gorner Glacier is one of the largest and most famous valley glaciers in the Swiss Alps, located near Zermatt below the Monte Rosa massif.
Referenced by (27)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Gorner Glacier
linked to: Gorner Glacier
linked to: Gorner Glacier
subject linked to:
Valais, Switzerland