International Geophysical Year

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/International_Geophysical_Year

GPTKB entity

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	scientific event
gptkbp:endDate	1958
gptkbp:focus	Earth sciences atmospheric sciences cosmic rays geophysics meteorology oceanography polar research seismology gravity glaciology geomagnetism solar activity ionospheric physics longitude and latitude measurements
gptkbp:followedBy	gptkb:International_Quiet_Sun_Year
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	International Geophysical Year
gptkbp:notableAchievement	gptkb:collaboration establishment of Antarctic research stations
gptkbp:notableEvent	launch of Sputnik 1 launch of Explorer 1
gptkbp:notableParticipant	gptkb:Afghanistan gptkb:Antarctica gptkb:Argentina gptkb:Australia gptkb:Belgium gptkb:Brazil gptkb:Cambodia gptkb:Canada gptkb:Ceylon gptkb:Chile gptkb:China gptkb:Czechoslovakia gptkb:Denmark gptkb:Egypt gptkb:Ethiopia gptkb:Fiji gptkb:Finland gptkb:France gptkb:Greece gptkb:Hungary gptkb:Iceland gptkb:India gptkb:Indonesia gptkb:Iran gptkb:Iraq gptkb:Israel gptkb:Italy gptkb:Japan gptkb:Jordan gptkb:Laos gptkb:Lebanon gptkb:Libya gptkb:Malaya gptkb:Mexico gptkb:Mongolia gptkb:Morocco gptkb:Nepal gptkb:Netherlands gptkb:New_Guinea gptkb:New_Zealand gptkb:North_Korea gptkb:Norway gptkb:Pakistan gptkb:Papua_New_Guinea gptkb:Peru gptkb:Philippines gptkb:Poland gptkb:Portugal gptkb:Saudi_Arabia gptkb:South_Africa gptkb:South_Korea gptkb:Soviet_Union gptkb:Spain gptkb:Sudan gptkb:Sweden gptkb:Switzerland gptkb:Syria gptkb:Thailand gptkb:Tunisia gptkb:Turkey gptkb:United_Kingdom gptkb:United_States gptkb:Uruguay gptkb:Venezuela gptkb:Vietnam gptkb:Yugoslavia Burma
gptkbp:organizedBy	gptkb:International_Council_of_Scientific_Unions
gptkbp:precededBy	gptkb:International_Polar_Year
gptkbp:significance	beginning of the space age major advances in Earth sciences promotion of international cooperation in science
gptkbp:startDate	1957
gptkbp:troopContributingCountries	67
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Operation_Deep_Freeze gptkb:World_Data_Centres
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5