Beak Island

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Beak Island is a small, remote Antarctic island that forms part of the Joinville Island group off the northeastern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula.

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Label Occurrences
Beak Island canonical 1

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Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf island ⓘ
belongsToArchipelago Joinville Island group ⓘ
climate polar ⓘ
continent Antarctica ⓘ
coordinateLatitude -63.5833 ⓘ
coordinateLongitude -56.3167 ⓘ
country Antarctica ⓘ
discoveredBy Swedish Antarctic Expedition ⓘ
discoveryExpeditionLeader Otto Nordenskjöld ⓘ
discoveryYear 1902 ⓘ
distanceFromAntarcticPeninsula offshore from Trinity Peninsula ⓘ
elevation 360 m ⓘ
governedBy Antarctic Treaty System ⓘ
hasIceCover partly ice-covered ⓘ
humanSettlement no permanent settlements ⓘ
includedInGazetteer Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica ⓘ
legalRegime Antarctic Treaty environmental protection provisions ⓘ
length 3 nautical miles ⓘ
about 5.6 km ⓘ
locatedIn Graham Land region ⓘ
Joinville Island group ⓘ
Weddell Sea ⓘ
off the northeastern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula ⓘ
mapReference British Antarctic Territory topographic maps ⓘ
namedBy Otto Nordenskjöld ⓘ
nameLanguage English ⓘ
nameReason shape resembles a beak ⓘ
nearbyIsland Bransfield Island ⓘ
D’Urville Island ⓘ
Joinville Island ⓘ
partOf Joinville Island group ⓘ
population 0 ⓘ
region northeastern Antarctic Peninsula ⓘ
seaArea northwestern Weddell Sea ⓘ
linked to: Weddell Sea
separationFromD’UrvilleIsland narrow channel ⓘ
sovereignty no permanent sovereign country ⓘ
status uninhabited ⓘ
terrain rocky ⓘ
usedFor scientific research in surrounding region ⓘ
width 1 nautical mile ⓘ
about 1.9 km ⓘ

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Joinville Island group → hasIsland → Beak Island ⓘ