Smith Island

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Smith Island is a remote, ice-covered island in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica, known for its rugged terrain and scientific interest.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Mount Foster 0
Cape James 0
Cape Smith 0

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Antarctic island
cape
cape
island
mountain
countryClaimedBy Argentina NERFINISHED
Chile NERFINISHED
United Kingdom NERFINISHED
discoveredBy William Smith NERFINISHED
discoveryYear 1819
elevation about 2105 metres
hasCape Cape James NERFINISHED
Cape Smith NERFINISHED
hasCoastlineFeature glaciated shores
steep cliffs
hasGlacier Bistra Glacier NERFINISHED
Dalgopol Glacier NERFINISHED
Dragoman Glacier NERFINISHED
Gramada Glacier NERFINISHED
Kremena Ice Piedmont NERFINISHED
Letnitsa Glacier NERFINISHED
Ovech Glacier NERFINISHED
Pashuk Glacier NERFINISHED
Ritya Glacier NERFINISHED
Vetrino Glacier NERFINISHED
Yablanitsa Glacier NERFINISHED
hasHighestPoint Mount Foster NERFINISHED
hasLength about 20 kilometres
hasMapScale 1:100000
1:120000
hasNoPermanentPopulation true
hasSurfaceCharacteristic ice-covered
hasTerrain rugged terrain
hasWidth up to 5 kilometres
locatedIn Antarctica NERFINISHED
South Shetland Islands NERFINISHED
locatedOn Smith Island NERFINISHED
Smith Island NERFINISHED
Smith Island NERFINISHED
mappedBy British surveys
Bulgarian Antarctic Place-names Commission NERFINISHED
namedAfter William Smith NERFINISHED
partOf Antarctic Treaty System NERFINISHED
British Antarctic Territory NERFINISHED
separatedBy Boyd Strait NERFINISHED
separatedFrom Snow Island NERFINISHED
usedFor scientific research

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

South Shetland Islands hasIsland Smith Island
Mount Foster isOnIsland Smith Island
Mount Foster locatedIn Smith Island