Balleny Islands (claimed)

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The Balleny Islands are a remote, uninhabited chain of volcanic islands in the Southern Ocean off Antarctica, noted for their harsh climate and rich surrounding marine life.

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Label Occurrences
Balleny Islands (claimed) canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf island group ⓘ
subantarctic islands ⓘ
administeredBy New Zealand ⓘ
approximateLatitude 66°–67°S ⓘ
approximateLongitude 162°–165°E ⓘ
country Antarctica ⓘ
discoveredBy John Balleny ⓘ
discoveryYear 1839 ⓘ
geologicalType volcanic islands ⓘ
governedByTreaty Antarctic Treaty System ⓘ
hasCharacteristic harsh climate ⓘ
remote ⓘ
volcanic origin ⓘ
hasClimate polar climate ⓘ
hasCoastlineFeature glaciated shores ⓘ
steep cliffs ⓘ
hasHazard frequent storms ⓘ
heavy sea ice conditions ⓘ
hasHighestPoint Brown Peak ⓘ
hasIsland Borradaile Island ⓘ
Buckle Island ⓘ
Row Island ⓘ
Sabrina Island ⓘ
Scott Island (nearby outlier) ⓘ
Sturge Island ⓘ
Young Island ⓘ
hasMarineEcosystem rich Southern Ocean marine life ⓘ
highestPointElevation 1705 m ⓘ
humanSettlement no permanent population ⓘ
importantFor penguin colonies ⓘ
seabird breeding ⓘ
seal populations ⓘ
length about 160 km ⓘ
locatedIn Southern Ocean ⓘ
south of the Antarctic Circle ⓘ
locatedOffCoastOf Antarctica ⓘ
namedAfter John Balleny ⓘ
orientation northwest–southeast ⓘ
partOf Antarctic region ⓘ
linked to: Antarctica

Ross Dependency ⓘ
seaArea Ross Sea sector ⓘ
linked to: Ross Sea
sovereigntyClaimedBy New Zealand ⓘ
surroundedBy pack ice ⓘ
sea ice ⓘ
uninhabited true ⓘ
visitedFor limited tourism ⓘ
scientific research ⓘ

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