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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:island
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gptkbp:access
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permit required
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gptkbp:administrativeCenter
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gptkb:Ushakovskoye_(abandoned)
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gptkbp:archipelago
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Wrangel Island and Herald Island
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gptkbp:area
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7608 km²
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gptkbp:climate
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polar
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gptkbp:country
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gptkb:Russia
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gptkbp:discoveredBy
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American whalers (sighted 1849)
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gptkbp:distanceFromAlaska
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500 km
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gptkbp:distanceFromSiberia
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140 km
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gptkbp:explores
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gptkb:Ferdinand_von_Wrangel
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gptkbp:fauna
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gptkb:bird
gptkb:deer
gptkb:lion
gptkb:Sabine's_gull
gptkb:glaucous_gull
gptkb:Ross's_gull
gptkb:arctic_hare_(introduced)
gptkb:arctic_skua
gptkb:brown_bear_(extinct)
gptkb:parasitic_jaeger
gptkb:pomarine_skua
gptkb:arctic_fox
gptkb:ivory_gull
gptkb:little_auk
gptkb:snow_goose
gptkb:arctic_tern
gptkb:tufted_puffin
ptarmigan
snowy owl
common eider
gyrfalcon
king eider
lemming
long-tailed duck
red knot
ruddy turnstone
sanderling
brent goose
dunlin
purple sandpiper
black-legged kittiwake
musk ox
red phalarope
thick-billed murre
horned puffin
woolly mammoth (extinct, survived until ~2000 BC)
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gptkbp:federalSubject
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gptkb:Chukotka_Autonomous_Okrug
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gptkbp:flora
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arctic tundra
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gptkbp:governedBy
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gptkb:Russian_Ministry_of_Natural_Resources_and_Environment
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gptkbp:highestPoint
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gptkb:Sovetskaya_Mountain
1096 m
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gptkbp:historicalEvent
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site of 1921 Wrangel Island expedition
claimed by Canada, US, and Russia in early 20th century
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Wrangell Island
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gptkbp:length
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125 km
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gptkbp:locatedIn
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gptkb:Arctic_Ocean
gptkb:Chukchi_Sea
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gptkbp:namedAfter
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gptkb:Ferdinand_von_Wrangel
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gptkbp:nearestCity
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gptkb:Mys_Shmidta_(mainland_Russia)
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gptkbp:notableFor
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musk oxen
high biodiversity
arctic foxes
walrus rookeries
large population of polar bears
last known population of woolly mammoths
relict steppe vegetation
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gptkbp:population
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uninhabited (except for researchers and military)
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gptkbp:protectedArea
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gptkb:Wrangel_Island_Nature_Reserve
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gptkbp:protectedBy
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strict nature reserve (zapovednik)
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gptkbp:seaSurrounding
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gptkb:Chukchi_Sea
gptkb:East_Siberian_Sea
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gptkbp:status
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Russian territory
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gptkbp:timezone
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gptkb:Anadyr_Time_(UTC+12)
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gptkbp:UNESCOWorldHeritageSite
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2004
yes
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gptkbp:width
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80 km
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Wrangell
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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5
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