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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Beak Island canonical 1

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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