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Alexander Island, Antarctica
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Alexander_Island,_Antarctica
GPTKB entity
Statements (31)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:island
gptkbp:administeredBy
gptkb:Antarctic_Treaty_System
gptkbp:area
49,070 km²
gptkbp:climate
polar
gptkbp:contains
gptkb:Wilkins_Ice_Shelf
gptkb:Beethoven_Peninsula
gptkb:Douglas_Range
gptkb:Elgar_Uplands
gptkb:Hodgson_Lake
gptkb:Lassus_Mountains
gptkb:Mount_Stephenson
gptkbp:discoveredBy
gptkb:Fabian_Gottlieb_von_Bellingshausen
gptkbp:discoveredIn
1821
gptkbp:geology
sedimentary and volcanic rocks
gptkbp:hasCoastline
mostly ice-covered
gptkbp:hasResearchCenter
gptkb:British_Fossil_Bluff_Station
Ukrainian Vernadsky Research Base (nearby)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Alexander Island, Antarctica
gptkbp:iceSheet
mostly covered by ice
gptkbp:largestCity
gptkb:Antarctica
gptkbp:length
240 miles
gptkbp:locatedIn
gptkb:Antarctica
gptkbp:namedAfter
gptkb:Tsar_Alexander_I_of_Russia
gptkbp:notableFeature
second largest uninhabited island in the world
gptkbp:population
uninhabited
gptkbp:rankByArea
28th largest island in the world
gptkbp:separates
gptkb:George_VI_Sound
gptkb:Antarctic_Peninsula
gptkbp:width
50 miles to 150 miles
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Discovery_of_Alexander_Island
gptkbp:bfsLayer
7