Glacier Noir
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Glacier Noir is a large, debris-covered valley glacier in the Écrins massif of the French Alps, known for its dark, rock-strewn surface and dramatic high-mountain setting.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Glacier Noir canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11574838 — 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: Glacier Noir Context triple: [Barre des Écrins, hasGlacier, Glacier Noir]
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A.
Black Glacier
Black Glacier is a mountain glacier located on the slopes of Mount Olympus in Washington's Olympic Mountains.
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B.
Finsteraar Glacier
Finsteraar Glacier is a major valley glacier in the Bernese Alps of Switzerland, known for its remote high-alpine setting beneath peaks such as the Finsteraarhorn and Lauteraarhorn.
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C.
Brenva Glacier
Brenva Glacier is a major valley glacier on the Italian side of the Mont Blanc massif in the Alps, known for its large icefalls and historic avalanches.
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D.
Green Glacier
Green Glacier is a glacier located on the Oscar II Coast of the Antarctic Peninsula, known as part of the region’s extensive coastal ice system.
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E.
Glacier du Géant
Glacier du Géant is a major high-altitude glacier in the Mont Blanc massif of the Alps, known for feeding the famous Mer de Glace and for its dramatic crevassed icefields popular with mountaineers.
- 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: Glacier Noir Target entity description: Glacier Noir is a large, debris-covered valley glacier in the Écrins massif of the French Alps, known for its dark, rock-strewn surface and dramatic high-mountain setting.
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A.
Black Glacier
Black Glacier is a mountain glacier located on the slopes of Mount Olympus in Washington's Olympic Mountains.
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B.
Finsteraar Glacier
Finsteraar Glacier is a major valley glacier in the Bernese Alps of Switzerland, known for its remote high-alpine setting beneath peaks such as the Finsteraarhorn and Lauteraarhorn.
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C.
Brenva Glacier
Brenva Glacier is a major valley glacier on the Italian side of the Mont Blanc massif in the Alps, known for its large icefalls and historic avalanches.
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D.
Green Glacier
Green Glacier is a glacier located on the Oscar II Coast of the Antarctic Peninsula, known as part of the region’s extensive coastal ice system.
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E.
Glacier du Géant
Glacier du Géant is a major high-altitude glacier in the Mont Blanc massif of the Alps, known for feeding the famous Mer de Glace and for its dramatic crevassed icefields popular with mountaineers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
glacier
ⓘ
natural geographic feature ⓘ valley glacier ⓘ |
| affectedBy | climate change ⓘ |
| climateZone | alpine climate ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| drainageBasin | Durance river basin ⓘ |
| elevationZone | high mountain zone ⓘ |
| flowsInto | Vallon de la Pilatte area ⓘ |
| hasAccessPoint | Pré de Madame Carle ⓘ |
| hasApproachTrailFrom |
Ailefroide village
ⓘ
Vallouise ⓘ
linked to:
Vallouise valley
|
| hasColorAppearance | dark ⓘ |
| hasComposition | ice covered by rock debris ⓘ |
| hasGlaciologicalFeature |
crevasses
ⓘ
heavy supraglacial debris cover ⓘ moraines ⓘ |
| hasPhotoSubject | alpine landscape photography ⓘ |
| hasSurfaceCharacteristic |
debris-covered
ⓘ
rock-strewn ⓘ |
| hasViewOf |
Ailefroide north face
ⓘ
Barre des Écrins north face ⓘ |
| isExampleOf |
Alpine glacier
ⓘ
debris-covered glacier ⓘ |
| isRetreating | true ⓘ |
| knownFor |
dark, debris-covered surface
ⓘ
dramatic high-mountain setting ⓘ |
| languageOfName | French ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
French Alps
ⓘ
Hautes-Alpes department ⓘ
linked to:
Hautes-Alpes
southeastern France ⓘ Écrins massif ⓘ |
| mountainRange |
Écrins
ⓘ
linked to:
Écrins massif
|
| nameMeaning | Black Glacier ⓘ |
| near |
Ailefroide
ⓘ
Barre des Écrins ⓘ Glacier Blanc ⓘ Mont Pelvoux ⓘ Pelvoux massif ⓘ |
| partOf | Écrins National Park ⓘ |
| subjectOf | glaciological research on debris-covered ice ⓘ |
| tourismRegion | Écrins tourism area ⓘ |
| usedFor |
alpine mountaineering
ⓘ
glacier hiking ⓘ scientific study of debris-covered glaciers ⓘ |
| valleyType | glacial valley ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Glacier Noir Description of subject: Glacier Noir is a large, debris-covered valley glacier in the Écrins massif of the French Alps, known for its dark, rock-strewn surface and dramatic high-mountain setting.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.