Jeannette Island

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Jeannette Island is a small, remote Arctic island in the East Siberian Sea, notable for its harsh climate and uninhabited, ice-covered landscape.

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Jeannette Island canonical 3

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf island
accessibility difficult to access due to sea ice
administrativeTerritory Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)
linked to: Sakha Republic

Sakha Republic
area about 3.3 square kilometers
climate polar climate
coastline steep cliffs in many areas
continent Asia
country Russia
countryStatus administered by Russia
coveredBy ice
discoveredBy George W. De Long
discoveredDuring Jeannette Expedition
discoveryDate 1881
disputedBy Russia
United States
elevation about 351 meters
environment harsh Arctic environment
geologicalType rocky island
habitationStatus uninhabited
highestPoint 351 meters above sea level
humanSettlement none
inhabited no
landscape ice-covered
legalStatus territorial dispute between Russia and the United States
length about 2 kilometers
locatedIn Arctic Ocean
De Long Islands
East Siberian Sea
namedAfter Jeannette Arctic Expedition
USS Jeannette
nearbyIslandGroup De Long Islands
notableFor harsh climate
remote Arctic location
uninhabited, ice-covered landscape
oceanRegion East Siberian Sea sector of the Arctic Ocean
linked to: East Siberian Sea
partOf Far Eastern Federal District
permanentInfrastructure none
population 0
region Russian Arctic
linked to: Arctic region
relativeLocation north of Siberia
north of the New Siberian Islands
seaIce surrounded by pack ice most of the year
sovereignClaim Russia
United States
width about 1.5 kilometers

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

New Siberian Islands hasPart Jeannette Island
De Long Islands hasPart Jeannette Island
Bennett Island hasNearbyIsland Jeannette Island