South Orkney Islands

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archipelago sub-Antarctic islands territory under the Antarctic Treaty System

The South Orkney Islands are a remote, largely glaciated sub-Antarctic archipelago in the Southern Ocean, known for their scientific research stations and overlapping territorial claims by the United Kingdom and Chile.

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf archipelago →
sub-Antarctic islands →
territory under the Antarctic Treaty System →
administeredAsPartOf British Antarctic Territory →
characterizedBy extensive glaciation →
frequent storms →
rugged terrain →
claimedAsPartOf Argentine Antarctica →
discoveredBy George Powell →
Nathaniel Palmer →
discoveryYear 1821 →
governedBy Antarctic Treaty System →
hasClimate polar maritime climate →
hasHighestPoint Mount Nivea →
hasImportantBirdArea Coronation Island →
Signy Island →
hasIsland Fredriksen Island →
Moe Island →
Powell Island →
South Shetland Islands →
surface form: Signy Island
hasIslandGroup Robertson Islands →
hasMajorIsland Coronation Island →
Laurie Island →
hasNo indigenous population →
hasPrimaryUse scientific research →
hasResearchStation Orcadas Station →
Signy Research Station →
laterUsedFor whaling support →
locatedIn South Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean →
Southern Ocean →
namedAfter Orkney Islands →
surface form: Orkney Islands in Scotland
OrcadasStationLocatedOn Laurie Island →
OrcadasStationOperatedSince 1904 →
originallyUsedFor sealing →
partOf Antarctic region →
researchStationOperatedBy Argentina →
United Kingdom →
seaAreaManagedBy Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources →
SignyStationLocatedOn Signy Island →
SignyStationOperatedSince 1947 →
sovereigntyClaimedBy Argentina →
United Kingdom →
subjectTo environmental protection measures under the Antarctic Treaty →
supportsPopulationOf penguins →
seabirds →
seals →
timeZoneUsedAtStations UTC−03:00 →
uninhabitedBy permanent civilian population →

Referenced by (13)

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

Scotia Sea → boundedBy → South Orkney Islands →
Antarctic fur seal → breedsOn → South Orkney Islands →
Scotia Sea → hasPart → South Orkney Islands →
Mount Nivea → highestPointOf → South Orkney Islands →
Argentine Antarctica → includesIslandGroup → South Orkney Islands →
British Antarctic Territory → includesIslandGroup → South Orkney Islands →
Chilean Antarctic Territory → includesIslandGroup → South Orkney Islands →
Mount Nivea → locatedIn → South Orkney Islands →
Orcadas Station → locatedIn → South Orkney Islands →
Signy Research Station → locatedIn → South Orkney Islands →
Orcadas Station → namedAfter → South Orkney Islands →
Antarctic fur seal → nativeTo → South Orkney Islands →
Scotia Plate → near → South Orkney Islands →