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.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Adelaide Island canonical | 9 |
| Adelaide Island (Antarctica) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T600515 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Adelaide Island Context triple: [British Antarctic Territory, includesIslandGroup, Adelaide Island]
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Nightingale Island
Nightingale Island is a small, remote volcanic island in the South Atlantic Ocean, part of the Tristan da Cunha archipelago and known for its rich seabird colonies and protected wildlife.
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Candlemas Island
Candlemas Island is a small, remote volcanic island in the South Sandwich Islands of the South Atlantic Ocean, notable for its rugged terrain and harsh sub-Antarctic environment.
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Clarence Island
Clarence Island is a remote, ice-covered island in the South Shetland Islands archipelago off the northern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula.
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Cape Van Diemen
Cape Van Diemen is a coastal headland named in honor of the 17th-century Dutch colonial governor Anthony van Diemen, reflecting the era of Dutch maritime exploration.
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Coronation Island
Coronation Island is the largest and most mountainous of the South Orkney Islands in the Southern Ocean, known for its rugged glaciated terrain and harsh polar climate.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Adelaide Island Target entity description: 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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A.
Nightingale Island
Nightingale Island is a small, remote volcanic island in the South Atlantic Ocean, part of the Tristan da Cunha archipelago and known for its rich seabird colonies and protected wildlife.
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B.
Candlemas Island
Candlemas Island is a small, remote volcanic island in the South Sandwich Islands of the South Atlantic Ocean, notable for its rugged terrain and harsh sub-Antarctic environment.
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C.
Clarence Island
Clarence Island is a remote, ice-covered island in the South Shetland Islands archipelago off the northern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula.
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D.
Cape Van Diemen
Cape Van Diemen is a coastal headland named in honor of the 17th-century Dutch colonial governor Anthony van Diemen, reflecting the era of Dutch maritime exploration.
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Coronation Island
Coronation Island is the largest and most mountainous of the South Orkney Islands in the Southern Ocean, known for its rugged glaciated terrain and harsh polar climate.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Antarctic island
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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
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ice-covered plateaus ⓘ nunataks ⓘ |
| hasFormerStation | Adelaide Station ⓘ |
| hasResearchStation |
Adelaide Station
ⓘ
Rothera Research Station ⓘ |
| highestElevation | approximately 2565 metres ⓘ |
| highestPoint | Mount Gaudry ⓘ |
| importantFor |
British Antarctic exploration
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British Antarctic science ⓘ |
| inhabitedBy | seasonal research personnel ⓘ |
| length | approximately 140 kilometres ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Antarctica
ⓘ
Amundsen Sea ⓘ
surface form:
Bellingshausen Sea
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| locatedOffCoastOf |
Antarctic Peninsula
ⓘ
west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula ⓘ |
| mapSheet | British Antarctic Territory topographic maps ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Adélaïde of France
ⓘ
surface form:
Adélaïde of Orléans
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| 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
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glaciological research ⓘ logistics hub for Antarctic fieldwork ⓘ marine biology research ⓘ scientific research ⓘ |
| width | up to about 50 kilometres ⓘ |
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Subject: Adelaide Island Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (10)
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