Peter I Island

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Peter I Island is a remote, uninhabited volcanic island in the Bellingshausen Sea off Antarctica, claimed as a dependency by Norway.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Peter I Island canonical 6

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Norwegian dependency
uninhabited island
volcanic island
accessibility difficult
administeredBy Norwegian Polar Institute
area approximately 154 km²
claimMadeBy Norway
climate polar
continent Antarctica
country Norway
coveredBy ice cap
discoveredBy Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen
discoveryDate 1821
distanceFromAntarcticMainland over 400 km
elevation 1640 m
exclusiveEconomicZoneClaim Norway
firstLandingBy Norwegian expedition
firstLandingDate 1929
governedUnder Antarctic Treaty System
hasCoastline mostly ice-bound cliffs
hasCoastType steep coastal cliffs
hasFeature glaciated
volcanic origin
hasLandingSites few suitable landing places
hasNoIndigenousPopulation true
hasPermanentResidents no
hasResearchStations no permanent stations
hasStatus dependency of Norway
hasWildlife seabirds
seals
highestPoint Lars Christensen Peak
inhabited no
ISOCode no separate ISO 3166 code
legalStatus subject to Antarctic Treaty provisions
locatedIn Antarctica region
linked to: Antarctica

Bellingshausen Sea
linked to: Amundsen Sea

Southern Ocean
namedAfter Peter I of Russia
linked to: Peter the Great
ownershipClaimDate 1929
partOf Norwegian Antarctic Territory
linked to: Queen Maud Land
population 0
protectedAreaStatus environmentally protected under Antarctic Treaty
regionType sub-Antarctic / Antarctic island
sovereignState Norway
UNLOCODE no permanent port
visitedBy occasional tourist cruises
scientific expeditions
volcanoType shield volcano

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

Norwegian krone officialCurrencyOf Peter I Island
Norwegian krone usedIn Peter I Island
NOK usedIn Peter I Island
Norwegian Polar Institute operatesIn Peter I Island
mainland Norway excludes Peter I Island