Kuskulana Glacier
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Kuskulana Glacier is a major valley glacier on the slopes of Mount Blackburn in Alaska’s Wrangell Mountains.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kuskulana Glacier canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10128701 — 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: Kuskulana Glacier Context triple: [Mount Blackburn, hasGlacier, Kuskulana Glacier]
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A.
Kahiltna Glacier
Kahiltna Glacier is a major glacier on the slopes of Denali in Alaska, known for being one of the longest glaciers in the Alaska Range and a primary route for climbers ascending the mountain.
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B.
Asulkan Glacier
Asulkan Glacier is a prominent mountain glacier in British Columbia’s Glacier National Park, known for its alpine scenery and popular backcountry skiing and mountaineering routes.
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C.
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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D.
Grinnell Glacier
Grinnell Glacier is a prominent and rapidly retreating mountain glacier in Montana’s Glacier National Park, noted for its striking turquoise meltwater lake and accessibility to hikers.
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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: Kuskulana Glacier Target entity description: Kuskulana Glacier is a major valley glacier on the slopes of Mount Blackburn in Alaska’s Wrangell Mountains.
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A.
Kahiltna Glacier
Kahiltna Glacier is a major glacier on the slopes of Denali in Alaska, known for being one of the longest glaciers in the Alaska Range and a primary route for climbers ascending the mountain.
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B.
Asulkan Glacier
Asulkan Glacier is a prominent mountain glacier in British Columbia’s Glacier National Park, known for its alpine scenery and popular backcountry skiing and mountaineering routes.
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C.
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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D.
Grinnell Glacier
Grinnell Glacier is a prominent and rapidly retreating mountain glacier in Montana’s Glacier National Park, noted for its striking turquoise meltwater lake and accessibility to hikers.
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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 (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | valley glacier ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| drainageBasin |
Copper River basin
ⓘ
linked to:
Copper River Basin
|
| flowsInto | Kuskulana River ⓘ |
| formationProcess | accumulation and compaction of snow ⓘ |
| glacierType | valley glacier ⓘ |
| hasClimate | subarctic climate ⓘ |
| hasCoordinateSystem | geographic coordinates ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
crevassed surface
ⓘ
icefalls ⓘ moraines ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOrigin | Alaska Native languages ⓘ |
| isInHemisphere |
Northern Hemisphere
ⓘ
Western Hemisphere ⓘ |
| isSubjectOf |
glaciological studies
ⓘ
topographic mapping ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Alaska
ⓘ
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
Wrangell Mountains ⓘ |
| mountainRange | Wrangell Mountains ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Kuskulana River ⓘ |
| near |
Mount Blackburn
ⓘ
Wrangell–St. Elias National Park and Preserve ⓘ |
| onSlopeOf | Mount Blackburn ⓘ |
| partOf | Wrangell–St. Elias region ⓘ |
| region | south-central Alaska ⓘ |
| state | Alaska ⓘ |
| surfaceMaterial | ice ⓘ |
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: Kuskulana Glacier Description of subject: Kuskulana Glacier is a major valley glacier on the slopes of Mount Blackburn in Alaska’s Wrangell Mountains.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.