South Shetland Islands

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archipelago island group

The South Shetland Islands are a remote, largely ice-covered archipelago off the northern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula, known for their research stations, harsh climate, and abundant wildlife such as penguins and seals.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
South Shetland Islands canonical	92
South Shetland Islands archipelago	8
South Shetland archipelago	2
Signy Island	1
South Shetland Islands group	1
South Shetland Islands region	1
South Shetland Islands volcanic arc	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	archipelago ⓘ island group ⓘ
characteristic	largely ice-covered ⓘ remote ⓘ
climate	polar climate ⓘ
continent	Antarctica ⓘ
countryClaimedBy	Argentina ⓘ Chile ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
discoveredBy	William Smith ⓘ
governedBy	Antarctic Treaty System ⓘ
hasHighestPoint	Mount Foster ⓘ
hasIsland	Bridgeman Island ⓘ Clarence Island ⓘ Deception Island ⓘ Elephant Island ⓘ Greenwich Island ⓘ Half Moon Island ⓘ King George Island ⓘ King George Island ⓘ surface form: King George Island (25 de Mayo Island) Livingston Island ⓘ Low Island ⓘ Robert Island ⓘ Smith Island ⓘ Snow Island ⓘ
hasResearchStationOn	Deception Island ⓘ King George Island ⓘ Livingston Island ⓘ
hasWildlife	penguins ⓘ seabirds ⓘ seals ⓘ
hemisphere	Southern Hemisphere ⓘ
highestElevation	2105 m ⓘ
historicallyKnownFor	sealing industry ⓘ
knownFor	abundant wildlife ⓘ harsh climate ⓘ research stations ⓘ
locatedIn	Southern Ocean ⓘ
locatedNorthOf	Antarctic Peninsula ⓘ
locatedOff	Antarctic Peninsula ⓘ
nearbyWaterBody	Bransfield Strait ⓘ
partOf	Argentine Antarctica ⓘ surface form: Argentine Antarctica (claimed) British Antarctic Territory ⓘ surface form: British Antarctic Territory (claimed) Chilean Antarctic Territory ⓘ surface form: Chilean Antarctic Territory (claimed)
populationStatus	no permanent civilian population ⓘ
primaryUse	scientific research ⓘ
seaBorder	Drake Passage ⓘ
sovereigntyStatus	subject to Antarctic Treaty System ⓘ
timeZone	UTC-3 (at many stations) ⓘ
yearOfDiscovery	1819 ⓘ

Referenced by (106)

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

Chilean Antarctic Territory → includesIslandGroup → South Shetland Islands ⓘ

Teniente Rodolfo Marsh Martin Aerodrome → locatedIn → South Shetland Islands ⓘ

Presidente Eduardo Frei Montalva Base → locatedIn → South Shetland Islands ⓘ

Base Yelcho → locatedIn → South Shetland Islands ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Shetland Islands region

Base Arturo Prat → location → South Shetland Islands ⓘ

Base Arturo Prat → belongsTo → South Shetland Islands ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Shetland Islands group

Villa Las Estrellas → locatedIn → South Shetland Islands ⓘ

South Orkney Islands → hasIsland → South Shetland Islands ⓘ

this entity surface form: Signy Island

Argentine Antarctica → includesIslandGroup → South Shetland Islands ⓘ

British Antarctic Territory → includesIslandGroup → South Shetland Islands ⓘ

TNM → region → South Shetland Islands ⓘ

SCRM → region → South Shetland Islands ⓘ

subject surface form: Teniente Rodolfo Marsh Martin Aerodrome

Bellingshausen Station → locatedIn → South Shetland Islands ⓘ

Great Wall Station → locatedIn → South Shetland Islands ⓘ

Base Presidente Eduardo Frei Montalva → locatedIn → South Shetland Islands ⓘ

King George Island → partOf → South Shetland Islands ⓘ

King George Island → largestOf → South Shetland Islands ⓘ

Fildes Peninsula → locatedIn → South Shetland Islands ⓘ

Teniente Rodolfo Marsh Martin Airport → region → South Shetland Islands ⓘ

Base Prat → locatedIn → South Shetland Islands ⓘ

Base Naval Arturo Prat → location → South Shetland Islands ⓘ

Greenwich Island → locatedIn → South Shetland Islands ⓘ

Greenwich Island → partOf → South Shetland Islands ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Shetland Islands archipelago

Scotia Sea → boundedBy → South Shetland Islands ⓘ

Scotia Sea → hasPart → South Shetland Islands ⓘ

Bransfield Strait → separates → South Shetland Islands ⓘ

Frei Base → locatedIn → South Shetland Islands ⓘ

Robert Island → locatedIn → South Shetland Islands ⓘ

Robert Island → partOf → South Shetland Islands ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Shetland archipelago

Robert Island → archipelago → South Shetland Islands ⓘ

Snow Island → locatedIn → South Shetland Islands ⓘ

Snow Island → archipelago → South Shetland Islands ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Shetland Islands archipelago

Snow Island → partOf → South Shetland Islands ⓘ

Mount Foster → locatedIn → South Shetland Islands ⓘ

Mount Foster → partOf → South Shetland Islands ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Shetland Islands archipelago

Mount Foster → highestPointOf → South Shetland Islands ⓘ

Carlini Base → locatedIn → South Shetland Islands ⓘ

Artigas Base → location → South Shetland Islands ⓘ

William Smith → placeOfActivity → South Shetland Islands ⓘ

William Smith → discovered → South Shetland Islands ⓘ

Jubany Station → locatedIn → South Shetland Islands ⓘ

Antarctic fur seal → nativeTo → South Shetland Islands ⓘ

Antarctic fur seal → breedsOn → South Shetland Islands ⓘ

Decepción Base → locatedIn → South Shetland Islands ⓘ

Cámara Base → archipelago → South Shetland Islands ⓘ

Smith Island → locatedIn → South Shetland Islands ⓘ

Half Moon Island → locatedIn → South Shetland Islands ⓘ

Livingston Island → locatedIn → South Shetland Islands ⓘ

Livingston Island → partOf → South Shetland Islands ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Shetland archipelago

Deception Island → locatedIn → South Shetland Islands ⓘ