Adelaide Island

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Adelaide Island is a large, mostly ice-covered island off the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula, known for its research stations and role in British Antarctic exploration and science.

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Adelaide Island canonical 9
Adelaide Island (Antarctica) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Antarctic island
island
area approximately 4460 square kilometres
climate polar climate
coastType heavily glaciated coast
countryClaimedBy Argentina
Chile
United Kingdom
discoveredBy French Antarctic Expedition (1903–1905)
Jean-Baptiste Charcot
discoveryYear 1904
governedBy Antarctic Treaty System
hasAirport Rothera Research Station runway
hasCoastFeature Laubeuf Fjord
hasFeature ice cliffs
ice-covered plateaus
nunataks
hasFormerStation Adelaide Station
hasResearchStation Adelaide Station
Rothera Research Station
highestElevation approximately 2565 metres
highestPoint Mount Gaudry
importantFor British Antarctic exploration
British Antarctic science
inhabitedBy seasonal research personnel
length approximately 140 kilometres
locatedIn Antarctica
Amundsen Sea
surface form: Bellingshausen Sea
locatedOffCoastOf Antarctic Peninsula
west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula
mapSheet British Antarctic Territory topographic maps
namedAfter Adélaïde of France
surface form: Adélaïde of Orléans
namedBy Jean-Baptiste Charcot
nearbyIsland Avian Island
Jenny Island
operatedBy British Antarctic Survey
partOf Antarctic Peninsula
surface form: Antarctic Peninsula region

British Antarctic Territory
population no permanent population
separatedBy Laubeuf Fjord
separatedFrom Arrowsmith Peninsula
surfaceCover mostly ice-covered
usedFor climate research
glaciological research
logistics hub for Antarctic fieldwork
marine biology research
scientific research
width up to about 50 kilometres

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Rothera Research Station location Adelaide Island
Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen eponymOf Adelaide Island
this entity surface form: Adelaide Island (Antarctica)
Biscoe Islands hasNearbyIslandGroup Adelaide Island
Adelaide Island Station locatedOn Adelaide Island
Adelaide Island Station namedAfter Adelaide Island
Admirals House locatedIn Adelaide Island
Giants House location Adelaide Island
Giants House locatedOnIsland Adelaide Island
Marguerite Bay hasNearbyIsland Adelaide Island