Wrangel Island

GPTKB entity

Statements (50)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:island
gptkbp:administrativeCenter gptkb:Ushakovskoye
gptkbp:archipelago Wrangel Island and Herald Island
gptkbp:area 7608 km²
gptkbp:climate polar
gptkbp:country gptkb:Russia
gptkbp:discoveredBy gptkb:Ferdinand_Wrangel
gptkbp:distanceFromMainland 140 km
gptkbp:ecosystem gptkb:grass
gptkbp:fauna gptkb:bird
gptkb:deer
gptkb:woolly_mammoth_(extinct)
gptkb:arctic_fox
muskox
snowy owl
lemming
gptkbp:federalSubject gptkb:Chukotka_Autonomous_Okrug
gptkbp:firstEuropeanLandingBy gptkb:USS_Corwin_(US_ship)
gptkbp:firstEuropeanSettlement August 12, 1881
gptkbp:firstHumanSettlement gptkb:ancient_Paleo-Eskimo
gptkbp:flora over 400 plant species
gptkbp:governedBy gptkb:Russian_Ministry_of_Natural_Resources_and_Environment
gptkbp:highestPoint gptkb:Mount_Sovetskaya
1096 m
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Wrangel Island
gptkbp:lake gptkb:Chukchi_Sea
gptkb:East_Siberian_Sea
gptkbp:latitude 71.25°N
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Arctic_Ocean
gptkbp:longitude 179.5°W
gptkbp:militaryBranch gptkb:Russian_border_guards
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Ferdinand_Wrangel
gptkbp:nearby gptkb:Herald_Island
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:1921_Canadian_Arctic_Expedition
1924 Soviet annexation
gptkbp:notableFor high biodiversity
large polar bear population
last refuge of woolly mammoth
migratory bird nesting
walrus rookeries
gptkbp:permafrost present
gptkbp:population uninhabited (except for researchers and rangers)
gptkbp:protectedArea gptkb:Wrangel_Island_Nature_Reserve
gptkbp:sovereigntyDispute historical (US, UK, Canada, Russia)
gptkbp:status Russian territory
gptkbp:timezone gptkb:Anadyr_Time_(UTC+12)
gptkbp:UNESCOWorldHeritageSite gptkb:Wrangel_Island_Reserve
2004
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:bird
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4