Adelaide Island

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Adelaide Island is a large, mostly ice-covered island off the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula, known for its research stations and role in British Antarctic exploration and science.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Adelaide Island canonical 22
Adelaide Island (Antarctica) 1
Adelaide Island archipelago 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Antarctic island ⓘ
island ⓘ
area approximately 4460 square kilometres ⓘ
climate polar climate ⓘ
coastType heavily glaciated coast ⓘ
countryClaimedBy Argentina ⓘ
Chile ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
discoveredBy French Antarctic Expedition (1903–1905) ⓘ
Jean-Baptiste Charcot ⓘ
discoveryYear 1904 ⓘ
governedBy Antarctic Treaty System ⓘ
hasAirport Rothera Research Station runway ⓘ
hasCoastFeature Laubeuf Fjord ⓘ
hasFeature ice cliffs ⓘ
ice-covered plateaus ⓘ
nunataks ⓘ
hasFormerStation Adelaide Station ⓘ
hasResearchStation Adelaide Station ⓘ
Rothera Research Station ⓘ
highestElevation approximately 2565 metres ⓘ
highestPoint Mount Gaudry ⓘ
importantFor British Antarctic exploration ⓘ
British Antarctic science ⓘ
inhabitedBy seasonal research personnel ⓘ
length approximately 140 kilometres ⓘ
locatedIn Antarctica ⓘ
Bellingshausen Sea ⓘ
linked to: Amundsen Sea
locatedOffCoastOf Antarctic Peninsula ⓘ
west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula ⓘ
mapSheet British Antarctic Territory topographic maps ⓘ
namedAfter Adélaïde of Orléans ⓘ
namedBy Jean-Baptiste Charcot ⓘ
nearbyIsland Avian Island ⓘ
Jenny Island ⓘ
operatedBy British Antarctic Survey ⓘ
partOf Antarctic Peninsula region ⓘ
linked to: Antarctic Peninsula

British Antarctic Territory ⓘ
population no permanent population ⓘ
separatedBy Laubeuf Fjord ⓘ
separatedFrom Arrowsmith Peninsula ⓘ
surfaceCover mostly ice-covered ⓘ
usedFor climate research ⓘ
glaciological research ⓘ
logistics hub for Antarctic fieldwork ⓘ
marine biology research ⓘ
scientific research ⓘ
width up to about 50 kilometres ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (25)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rothera Research Station → location → Adelaide Island ⓘ
Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen → eponymOf → Adelaide Island (Antarctica) ⓘ
linked to: Adelaide Island
Biscoe Islands → hasNearbyIslandGroup → Adelaide Island ⓘ
Adelaide Island Station → locatedOn → Adelaide Island ⓘ
Adelaide Island Station → namedAfter → Adelaide Island ⓘ
Admirals House → locatedIn → Adelaide Island ⓘ
Giants House → location → Adelaide Island ⓘ
Giants House → locatedOnIsland → Adelaide Island ⓘ
Marguerite Bay → hasNearbyIsland → Adelaide Island ⓘ
Adelaide Station → location → Adelaide Island ⓘ
Adelaide Station → namedAfter → Adelaide Island ⓘ
Laubeuf Fjord → separates → Adelaide Island ⓘ
Laubeuf Fjord → partOf → Adelaide Island region ⓘ
linked to: Adelaide Island
Laubeuf Fjord → near → Adelaide Island ⓘ
Arrowsmith Peninsula → oppositeOf → Adelaide Island ⓘ
Arrowsmith Peninsula → near → Adelaide Island ⓘ
Jenny Island → locatedOffCoastOf → Adelaide Island ⓘ
Jenny Island → partOf → Adelaide Island archipelago ⓘ
linked to: Adelaide Island
Jenny Island → near → Adelaide Island ⓘ
Avian Island → locatedOffCoastOf → Adelaide Island ⓘ
Avian Island → near → Adelaide Island ⓘ
Mount Gaudry → locatedOn → Adelaide Island ⓘ
Mount Gaudry → isHighestPointOf → Adelaide Island ⓘ
Mount Gaudry → partOf → Adelaide Island ⓘ