Hubbard Glacier
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Hubbard Glacier is a massive tidewater glacier in eastern Alaska and Yukon, known for its rapid advance into the sea and dramatic ice calving events.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Hubbard Glacier canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8980082 — 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: Hubbard Glacier Context triple: [Hubbard Glacier (portion), partOf, Hubbard Glacier]
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A.
Winthrop Glacier
Winthrop Glacier is a large valley glacier on the northeastern flank of Mount Rainier in Washington State, known for its extensive ice cover and contribution to the mountain’s glacial system.
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B.
Watkins Glacier
Watkins Glacier is one of the alpine glaciers on Mount Shasta in northern California, contributing to the mountain’s perennial ice and snow cover.
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C.
Illecillewaet Glacier
Illecillewaet Glacier is a historically significant and heavily studied mountain glacier in British Columbia’s Selkirk Mountains, long known as a key site for early North American glaciology and tourism.
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D.
Hayes Glacier
Hayes Glacier is a prominent glacier flowing from the slopes of Mount Hayes in the eastern Alaska Range of Alaska, United States.
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E.
Woodbury Glacier
Woodbury Glacier is a mountain glacier located within Kokanee Glacier Provincial Park in the Selkirk Mountains of southeastern British Columbia, Canada.
- 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: Hubbard Glacier Target entity description: Hubbard Glacier is a massive tidewater glacier in eastern Alaska and Yukon, known for its rapid advance into the sea and dramatic ice calving events.
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A.
Winthrop Glacier
Winthrop Glacier is a large valley glacier on the northeastern flank of Mount Rainier in Washington State, known for its extensive ice cover and contribution to the mountain’s glacial system.
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B.
Watkins Glacier
Watkins Glacier is one of the alpine glaciers on Mount Shasta in northern California, contributing to the mountain’s perennial ice and snow cover.
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C.
Illecillewaet Glacier
Illecillewaet Glacier is a historically significant and heavily studied mountain glacier in British Columbia’s Selkirk Mountains, long known as a key site for early North American glaciology and tourism.
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D.
Hayes Glacier
Hayes Glacier is a prominent glacier flowing from the slopes of Mount Hayes in the eastern Alaska Range of Alaska, United States.
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E.
Woodbury Glacier
Woodbury Glacier is a mountain glacier located within Kokanee Glacier Provincial Park in the Selkirk Mountains of southeastern British Columbia, Canada.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
natural geographic feature
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tidewater glacier ⓘ |
| access | primarily by boat or ship ⓘ |
| calvingType |
subaerial calving
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subaqueous calving ⓘ |
| climateResponse | unusual for being an advancing glacier in a warming climate ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| crossesBorderBetween | Alaska and Yukon ⓘ |
| drainageBasin | Gulf of Alaska ⓘ |
| featureType | calving glacier terminus ⓘ |
| flowsInto |
Disenchantment Bay
ⓘ
Russell Fjord ⓘ |
| glacierFrontHeight |
up to about 200 feet above water
ⓘ
up to about 60 meters above water ⓘ |
| hasLanguageName | English ⓘ |
| hazard |
icebergs calved into Disenchantment Bay
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sudden changes in fjord water level if damming occurs ⓘ |
| iceThickness | up to several hundred meters thick (variable) ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being one of the largest tidewater glaciers in North America
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dramatic ice calving events ⓘ periodic blockage of Russell Fjord ⓘ rapid advance into the sea ⓘ |
| length |
approximately 122 kilometers
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approximately 76 miles ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Yukon
ⓘ
eastern Alaska ⓘ |
| locatedInCountry |
Canada
ⓘ
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| locatedInRegion | Yakutat Borough, Alaska ⓘ |
| movementRate | several meters per day at the terminus (variable) ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Gardiner Greene Hubbard ⓘ |
| nameOrigin | named for the first president of the National Geographic Society ⓘ |
| near |
Wrangell–St. Elias National Park and Preserve
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Yakutat, Alaska ⓘ
linked to:
Yakutat
|
| notableEvent |
blocked Russell Fjord in 1986
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partial blockage of Russell Fjord in 2002 ⓘ |
| oceanProximity | adjacent to the Gulf of Alaska ⓘ |
| partOf | Saint Elias Mountains ⓘ |
| risk | potential to permanently dam Russell Fjord ⓘ |
| sourceRegion | icefields of the Saint Elias Mountains ⓘ |
| status | advancing ⓘ |
| surfaceArea |
approximately 1,500 square miles
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approximately 3,900 square kilometers ⓘ |
| terminatesIn |
Disenchantment Bay
ⓘ
Russell Fjord ⓘ |
| tourism |
popular destination for cruise ships
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popular site for glacier viewing and photography ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Hubbard Glacier Description of subject: Hubbard Glacier is a massive tidewater glacier in eastern Alaska and Yukon, known for its rapid advance into the sea and dramatic ice calving events.
Referenced by (5)
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