Graham Bell Island

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Graham Bell Island is one of the large, remote Arctic islands in Russia’s Franz Josef Land archipelago, known for its harsh polar climate and strategic location in the Barents Sea.

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Graham Bell Island canonical 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf island ⓘ
administeredBy Arkhangelsk Oblast ⓘ
Russia ⓘ
belongsTo Russian Federation ⓘ
linked to: Russia
climateType ET (tundra climate) in Köppen classification ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
Europe ⓘ
country Russia ⓘ
discoveredBy Austro-Hungarian North Pole expedition ⓘ
discoveryCentury 19th century ⓘ
hasAirport Graham Bell Island airfield ⓘ
hasClimate polar climate ⓘ
hasCoastlineOn Arctic Ocean ⓘ
Barents Sea ⓘ
hasEnvironment Arctic tundra ⓘ
hasFeature harsh weather conditions ⓘ
permanent ice and snow cover in large areas ⓘ
remote location ⓘ
strategic military importance ⓘ
hasHighestPoint Mount Vysokaya ⓘ
hasHighestPointElevation ~500 metres ⓘ
hasIceFeature glaciers ⓘ
ice caps ⓘ
hasMilitaryFacility Russian military base ⓘ
hasNearbySea Kara Sea ⓘ
hasPermanentPopulation 0 ⓘ
hasSeaIce present most of the year ⓘ
hasSeasonalPopulation military personnel ⓘ
scientific staff ⓘ
hasSettlementStatus uninhabited ⓘ
hasWildlife Arctic foxes ⓘ
polar bears ⓘ
seabirds ⓘ
locatedIn Arctic Ocean ⓘ
Arkhangelsk Oblast ⓘ
Barents Sea ⓘ
Franz Josef Land ⓘ
locatedInRegion High Arctic ⓘ
Russian Arctic ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone UTC+3 ⓘ
namedAfter Alexander Graham Bell ⓘ
partOf Franz Josef Land archipelago ⓘ
linked to: Franz Josef Land

Russian Arctic National Park ⓘ
strategicRole control of Arctic air and sea routes ⓘ
usedFor Arctic aviation operations ⓘ
meteorological observations ⓘ
military purposes ⓘ

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

Franz Josef Land → hasMajorIsland → Graham Bell Island ⓘ