Galindez Island

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Galindez Island is a small island in the Argentine Islands of Antarctica, notable as the site of the Ukrainian Vernadsky Research Base and for its role in polar scientific research.

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Galindez Island canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf island
country Antarctica (no sovereign state)
linked to: Antarctica
discoveredBy French Antarctic Expedition (1903–1905)
Jean-Baptiste Charcot
formerOperatorOfStation United Kingdom
governedBy Antarctic Treaty System
hasBuilding Vernadsky Research Base main station complex
hasClimate polar climate
hasCoordinateSystem geographic coordinates (latitude/longitude)
hasFeature rocky terrain
snow cover for most of the year
hasFormerResearchStation Faraday Station
hasNearbyWaterBody Southern Ocean
hasPermanentHumanPresence scientific personnel at Vernadsky Research Base
hasResearchStation Vernadsky Research Base
locatedIn Antarctica
Argentine Islands
linked to: Biscoe Islands

Wilhelm Archipelago
namedAfter Domingo Galíndez (Argentine official)
near Anvers Island
Petermann Island
Wordie House
notableFor ionospheric research
meteorological observations
ozone layer measurements
polar scientific research
operatorOfStation Ukraine
partOf Argentine Islands archipelago
protectedBy environmental protocols of the Antarctic Treaty System
region Antarctic Peninsula region
linked to: Antarctic Peninsula
status uninhabited except for research station personnel
surveyedBy British Graham Land Expedition
Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey
timezone UTC-3 (station time, Vernadsky Base)
usedFor biology research
climatology research
geophysics research
glaciology research
year-round scientific research

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Vernadsky Research Base locatedIn Galindez Island
Faraday Station locatedOnIsland Galindez Island
Base F locatedIn Galindez Island