East Antarctica

GPTKB entity

Statements (61)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:region
gptkbp:area about 10 million square kilometers
gptkbp:borderedBy gptkb:Transantarctic_Mountains
gptkb:West_Antarctica
gptkbp:claimedBy gptkb:Russia_(historically)
gptkb:Australia
gptkb:France
gptkb:Norway
gptkbp:climate polar
gptkbp:contains gptkb:Oates_Land
gptkb:Amery_Ice_Shelf
gptkb:Enderby_Land
gptkb:Totten_Glacier
gptkb:Victoria_Land
gptkb:Vostok_Station
gptkb:Wilkes_Land
gptkb:Aurora_Subglacial_Basin
gptkb:Dome_F
gptkb:Gamburtsev_Mountain_Range
gptkb:Kemp_Land
gptkb:South_Magnetic_Pole_(historically)
gptkb:George_V_Land
gptkb:Lambert_Glacier
gptkb:Lake_Vostok
gptkb:Queen_Maud_Land
gptkb:Dome_C
gptkb:Princess_Elizabeth_Land
gptkb:Adélie_Land
gptkb:Mac._Robertson_Land
gptkb:Concordia_Station
gptkb:Australian_Antarctic_Territory
gptkb:Wilkes_Subglacial_Basin
gptkbp:coveredBy gptkb:East_Antarctic_Ice_Sheet
gptkbp:governedBy gptkb:Antarctic_Treaty_System
gptkbp:hasResearchCenter gptkb:Vostok_Station
gptkb:Davis_Station
gptkb:Dumont_d'Urville_Station
gptkb:Mirny_Station
gptkb:Progress_Station
gptkb:Syowa_Station
gptkb:Zhongshan_Station
gptkb:Mawson_Station
gptkb:Concordia_Station
gptkbp:highestPoint gptkb:Dome_A
4093 meters
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label East Antarctica
gptkbp:iceSheetThickness up to 4,800 meters
gptkbp:iceSheetType continental ice sheet
gptkbp:iceSheetVolume about 26.5 million cubic kilometers
gptkbp:location gptkb:Southern_Hemisphere
east of the Transantarctic Mountains
gptkbp:lowestPoint gptkb:Denman_Glacier
-3,500 meters below sea level
gptkbp:notableFeature coldest place on Earth
contains ancient ice cores
contains subglacial lakes
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Antarctica
gptkbp:population no permanent residents
gptkbp:temperature -60°C to -10°C
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Lambert_Glacier
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5