Oscar II Coast

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Oscar II Coast is a coastal region along the eastern side of the Antarctic Peninsula’s Graham Land, characterized by its glaciers, ice-covered mountains, and fringing ice shelves.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf coast
geographical region
borderedBy Weddell Sea
continent Antarctica
countryClaimedBy Argentina
Chile
United Kingdom
coveredBy ice sheet
hasClimate polar climate
hasGeographicalFeature fringing ice shelves
glaciers
ice-covered mountains
hasGlacier Evans Glacier
Green Glacier
Hektoria Glacier
Jorum Glacier
Punchbowl Glacier
hasIceShelf Larsen B Ice Shelf (fringing, largely collapsed)
linked to: Larsen Ice Shelf
hasResearchActivity climate change studies
glaciological studies
knownFor glacial retreat and ice-shelf collapse in late 20th and early 21st centuries
locatedIn Antarctic Peninsula
Antarctica
Graham Land
namedAfter Oscar II of Sweden and Norway
linked to: Oscar II of Sweden
partOf Argentine Antarctica (claimed)
British Antarctic Territory (claimed)
Chilean Antarctic Territory (claimed)
east coast of Graham Land

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Graham Land contains Oscar II Coast
Otto Nordenskjöld hasPlaceNamedAfter Nordenskjöld Outcrops
linked to: Oscar II Coast
Hektoria Glacier locatedOn Oscar II Coast
Hektoria Glacier partOf Oscar II Coast glacial system
linked to: Oscar II Coast
Hektoria Glacier near Oscar II Coast mountains
linked to: Oscar II Coast
Green Glacier location Oscar II Coast
Evans Glacier locatedIn Oscar II Coast
Evans Glacier locatedOnCoast Oscar II Coast
Jorum Glacier locatedIn Oscar II Coast
Jorum Glacier terminusLocatedOn Oscar II Coast
Punchbowl Glacier locatedIn Oscar II Coast
Punchbowl Glacier region Oscar II Coast, Graham Land
linked to: Oscar II Coast