Gamburtsev Mountains

GPTKB entity

Statements (23)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf mountain range
gptkbp:age over 1 billion years
gptkbp:claimedBy Antarctica (no sovereign country)
gptkbp:coordinates around 75°S 77°E
gptkbp:coveredBy gptkb:East_Antarctic_Ice_Sheet
gptkbp:discoveredBy gptkb:Soviet_Antarctic_Expedition
gptkbp:discoveredIn 1958
gptkbp:featureType subglacial mountain range
gptkbp:highestPoint approximately 3400 meters
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Gamburtsev Mountains
gptkbp:importantFor thought to be the birthplace of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet
gptkbp:length about 1200 kilometers
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:East_Antarctica
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Grigoriy_Gamburtsev
gptkbp:notableFor being completely buried under ice
gptkbp:studiedBy gptkb:Alfred_Wegener_Institute
gptkb:Chinese_Antarctic_Research_Expedition
gptkb:US_Antarctic_Program
British Antarctic Survey
International Polar Year teams
gptkbp:width about 300 kilometers
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Antarctic_Ice_Sheet
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7