Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen

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Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen was a Baltic German naval officer and explorer in the Russian Imperial Navy, best known as one of the first people to sight the Antarctic continent in 1820.

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Label Occurrences
Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen canonical 5
von Bellingshausen 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Baltic German
Russian Empire military personnel
explorer
naval officer
person
birthDate 1778-09-20
birthPlace Governorate of Livonia
Lahhentagge Manor
Russian Empire
Saaremaa
citizenship Russian Empire
commanded Vostok (ship)
commemoratedBy Bellingshausen Island
Amundsen Sea
surface form: Bellingshausen Sea

Bellingshausen Station
surface form: Bellingshausen Station (Russian Antarctic station)
deathDate 1852-01-25
deathPlace Kronstadt
Russian Empire
Saint Petersburg Governorate
discovered Alexander Island
Peter I Island
several Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands
era Age of Sail
ethnicity Baltic German
expeditionEndYear 1821
expeditionStartYear 1819
familyName Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen self-linksurface differs
surface form: von Bellingshausen
givenName Fabian
hasMonumentIn Kronstadt
Tartu
knownFor Antarctic exploration
one of the first people to sight the Antarctic continent
language German
Russian
militaryBranch Imperial Russian Navy
militaryRank admiral
name Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen self-link
nationality Russian
notableEvent sighting of Antarctic ice shelf on 1820-01-27
occupation explorer
naval officer
participatedIn First Russian Antarctic Expedition
regionOfActivity Antarctica
surface form: Antarctic

Pacific Ocean
religion Lutheranism
servedUnder Imperial Russian Navy
surface form: Russian Imperial Navy
sighted Antarctic coast

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Subject: Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen
Description of subject: Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen was a Baltic German naval officer and explorer in the Russian Imperial Navy, best known as one of the first people to sight the Antarctic continent in 1820.

Referenced by (6)

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

Bellingshausen Station namedAfter Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen
Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen name Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen self-link
Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen familyName Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: von Bellingshausen
Alexander Island discoveredBy Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen
Zavodovski Island discoverer Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen
Peter I Island discoveredBy Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen