Coulman Island

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Coulman Island is a large, ice-covered volcanic island in the Ross Sea off the coast of Antarctica.

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Coulman Island canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf volcanic island
administeredBy New Zealand (under Ross Dependency claim)
composition basaltic volcanic rocks
continent Antarctica
country Antarctica (no sovereign nation)
discoveredBy James Clark Ross
discoveryExpedition British Antarctic Expedition (James Clark Ross) 1839–1843
elevation over 2000 metres above sea level (approximate)
environment polar climate
feature ice-covered plateau
sheer coastal cliffs
geologicalAge Cenozoic volcanic
governedBy Antarctic Treaty System
hasPart Cape Anne
Cape Burney
linked to: Cape Wadworth

Cape Main
Cape Wadworth
Coulman Island caldera
hasStatus uninhabited
length about 33 kilometres (approximate)
locatedIn Antarctica
Ross Sea
Southern Ocean
namedAfter Thomas Coulman
namedBy James Clark Ross
near Cape Adare
Franklin Island
partOf McMurdo Volcanic Province
Ross Dependency
population 0 (no permanent inhabitants)
protectedBy Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty
relativeLocation in western Ross Sea
north of Ross Island
off the coast of Victoria Land, Antarctica
surfaceCover ice
surroundedBy Ross Sea
usedFor scientific research
volcanicField McMurdo Volcanic Group
width about 14 kilometres (approximate)

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Ross Dependency contains Coulman Island