West Antarctica

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West Antarctica is the portion of the Antarctic continent lying mostly west of the Transantarctic Mountains, known for its marine-based ice sheet that is particularly vulnerable to climate change and potential sea-level rise.

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How this image was made

AI-generated illustration of West Antarctica

This AI-generated illustration was produced by black-forest-labs/FLUX.2-dev (1024x1024) from a prompt written by openai/gpt-oss-120b from the entity's label + description.

Prompt

Generate an image of West Antarctica (West Antarctica is the portion of the Antarctic continent lying mostly west of the Transantarctic Mountains, known for its marine-based ice sheet that is particularly vulnerable to climate change and potential sea-level rise.)

All labels observed (7)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf part of Antarctica ⓘ
region ⓘ
adjacentTo East Antarctica ⓘ
borderedBySea Amundsen Sea ⓘ
Bellingshausen Sea ⓘ
linked to: Amundsen Sea

Ross Sea ⓘ
boundedBy Transantarctic Mountains ⓘ
containsGlacier Kohler Glacier ⓘ
Pine Island Glacier ⓘ
Smith Glacier ⓘ
Thwaites Glacier ⓘ
containsIceShelf Filchner–Ronne Ice Shelf ⓘ
Getz Ice Shelf ⓘ
linked to: Dotson Ice Shelf

Pine Island Glacier ice shelf ⓘ
linked to: Pine Island Glacier

Ronne Ice Shelf ⓘ
Ross Ice Shelf ⓘ
containsMountainRange Ellsworth Mountains ⓘ
Executive Committee Range ⓘ
continentPartOf Antarctica ⓘ
experiences ice mass loss ⓘ
ice shelf thinning ⓘ
hasBedTopography mostly below sea level ⓘ
hasCrustType thinned continental crust ⓘ
hasGeologicalFeature West Antarctic Rift System ⓘ
hasHighestPoint Mount Vinson ⓘ
linked to: Vinson Massif
hasIceSheet West Antarctic Ice Sheet ⓘ
linked to: West Antarctica
hasIceSheetType marine-based ice sheet ⓘ
hasPart Amundsen Sea sector ⓘ
linked to: Amundsen Sea

Antarctic Peninsula ⓘ
Ellsworth Land ⓘ
Marie Byrd Land ⓘ
Ross Sea sector ⓘ
linked to: Ross Sea
highestPointElevation 4892 metres ⓘ
iceMassLossContributesTo global mean sea level ⓘ
iceSheetGroundingLine below sea level ⓘ
isMonitoredBy GPS networks ⓘ
satellite altimetry ⓘ
satellite gravimetry ⓘ
isSubjectOf ice-sheet stability research ⓘ
sea-level rise projections ⓘ
isVulnerableTo climate change ⓘ
global warming ⓘ
ice-sheet instability ⓘ
liesMostlyWestOf Transantarctic Mountains ⓘ
locatedInHemisphere Southern Hemisphere ⓘ
locatedInOcean Southern Ocean ⓘ
locatedOnContinent Antarctica ⓘ
separatedFrom East Antarctica by Transantarctic Mountains ⓘ
threatens global sea-level rise ⓘ
underlainBy West Antarctic Rift System ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (153)

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

Antarctica → hasRegion → West Antarctica ⓘ
Antarctic Peninsula → partOf → West Antarctica ⓘ
British Antarctic Territory → includesRegion → Ronne Ice Shelf ⓘ
linked to: West Antarctica
Great Wall Station → region → West Antarctica ⓘ
Amundsen Sea → locatedIn → West Antarctica ⓘ
Amundsen Sea → partOfIceSheetSystem → West Antarctic Ice Sheet ⓘ
linked to: West Antarctica
Base Naval Arturo Prat → region → West Antarctica ⓘ
West Antarctica → hasIceSheet → West Antarctic Ice Sheet ⓘ
linked to: West Antarctica
Graham Land → locatedIn → West Antarctica ⓘ
Vinson Massif → locatedIn → Western Antarctica ⓘ
linked to: West Antarctica
West Antarctic Rift System → locatedIn → West Antarctica ⓘ
West Antarctic Rift System → partOf → West Antarctic plate region ⓘ
linked to: West Antarctica
West Antarctic Rift System → extendsBeneath → West Antarctic Ice Sheet ⓘ
linked to: West Antarctica
Mount Foster → region → West Antarctica ⓘ
Brown Base → region → West Antarctica ⓘ
Almirante Brown Station → locatedInRegion → West Antarctica ⓘ
Clarence Island → region → West Antarctica ⓘ
Korean King Sejong Station → region → West Antarctica ⓘ
East Antarctica → borderedBy → West Antarctica ⓘ
Maxwell Bay → isInRegion → West Antarctica ⓘ
Ross Ice Shelf → feedsFrom → West Antarctic Ice Sheet ⓘ
linked to: West Antarctica
Biscoe Islands → partOf → West Antarctica ⓘ
Cape Colbeck → region → West Antarctica ⓘ
Marie Byrd Land coast → locatedIn → West Antarctica ⓘ
Marie Byrd Land coast → partOf → Pacific sector of Antarctica ⓘ
linked to: West Antarctica
Gerlache Strait region → locatedIn → West Antarctica ⓘ
Smith Glacier (Antarctica) → locatedIn → West Antarctica ⓘ
Smith Glacier (Antarctica) → locatedOn → West Antarctic Ice Sheet ⓘ
linked to: West Antarctica
Dotson Ice Shelf → location → West Antarctica ⓘ
Dotson Ice Shelf → partOf → West Antarctic Ice Sheet ⓘ
linked to: West Antarctica
Graham Coast → locatedIn → West Antarctica ⓘ
Thwaites Glacier → locatedIn → West Antarctica ⓘ
Ellsworth Land → partOf → West Antarctica ⓘ
Pacific sector of Southern Ocean → adjacentTo → West Antarctic Ice Sheet ⓘ
linked to: West Antarctica
Pine Island Bay → locatedIn → West Antarctica ⓘ
Pine Island Bay → coast → West Antarctic Ice Sheet ⓘ
linked to: West Antarctica
Transantarctic Mountains → separates → West Antarctica ⓘ
Transantarctic Mountains → formsBoundaryOf → West Antarctic Ice Sheet ⓘ
linked to: West Antarctica
Executive Committee Range → locatedIn → West Antarctica ⓘ
Pine Island Glacier → locatedIn → West Antarctica ⓘ
Pine Island Glacier → partOf → West Antarctic Ice Sheet ⓘ
linked to: West Antarctica
Last Glacial Maximum → hasMajorIceSheet → West Antarctic Ice Sheet ⓘ
linked to: West Antarctica
Ellsworth Mountains → locatedIn → Western Antarctica ⓘ
linked to: West Antarctica
Ellsworth Mountains → region → West Antarctica ⓘ
Discovery Bay (Greenwich Island) → region → West Antarctica ⓘ
subject linked to: Discovery Bay
Kohler Glacier → locatedIn → West Antarctica ⓘ
Kohler Glacier → partOf → West Antarctic Ice Sheet ⓘ
linked to: West Antarctica
Haynes Glacier → locatedIn → West Antarctica ⓘ
Haynes Glacier → locatedOnCoastOf → West Antarctica ⓘ
Arctowski Peninsula → locatedIn → West Antarctica ⓘ