Nelson Island

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Nelson Island is a small, largely ice-covered island in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica, known for its remote polar environment and proximity to King George Island.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Nelson Island canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (35)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Antarctic island ⓘ
island ⓘ
archipelago South Shetland Islands ⓘ
countryClaim Argentina ⓘ
Chile ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
discoveredBy early 19th-century sealers ⓘ
environment remote polar environment ⓘ
governedBy Antarctic Treaty System ⓘ
hasAccess primarily by ship ⓘ
hasClimate polar climate ⓘ
hasCoastlineType ice cliffs ⓘ
rocky shores ⓘ
hasEcosystem Antarctic coastal ecosystem ⓘ
hasIceCover permanent ice and snow over most of surface ⓘ
hasLegalStatus demilitarized under Antarctic Treaty ⓘ
nuclear-free under Antarctic Treaty ⓘ
hasNearbyResearchStations stations on King George Island ⓘ
hasNoSovereignOwnershipRecognized true ⓘ
hasPermanentCivilianPopulation false ⓘ
hasVegetation limited mosses and lichens ⓘ
hasWildlife seabirds ⓘ
seals ⓘ
humanActivity seasonal scientific and logistic visits ⓘ
locatedIn Antarctica ⓘ
South Shetland Islands ⓘ
locatedInSea Southern Ocean ⓘ
namedAfter Horatio Nelson ⓘ
nearbyIsland King George Island ⓘ
partOf Antarctic Treaty System ⓘ
region West Antarctica ⓘ
seaArea Bransfield Strait ⓘ
surfaceCover largely ice-covered ⓘ
uninhabited true ⓘ
usedFor scientific research in surrounding region ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

King George Island → hasNearbyIsland → Nelson Island ⓘ
Robert Island → neighboringIsland → Nelson Island ⓘ