Yankee Harbour
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Yankee Harbour is a natural harbour on Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica, known as a sheltered anchorage historically used by sealers and later by scientific expeditions.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Yankee Harbor | 1 |
| Yankee Harbour canonical | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
geographic feature
ⓘ
natural harbour ⓘ |
| country | Antarctica ⓘ |
| governedBy | Antarctic Treaty System ⓘ |
| hasAccessMode | by ship ⓘ |
| hasApproximateCoordinates | 62°32′S 59°47′W ⓘ |
| hasCoordinateLatitude | -62.533 ⓘ |
| hasCoordinateLongitude | -59.783 ⓘ |
| hasEnvironment | polar maritime climate ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
glacially formed basin
ⓘ
gravel beaches ⓘ moraine spit ⓘ natural anchorage ⓘ sheltered anchorage ⓘ |
| hasGeographicRegion |
Antarctic Peninsula
ⓘ
surface form:
Antarctic Peninsula region
|
| hasHydrologicalType | marine inlet ⓘ |
| hasIceConditions | seasonal sea ice ⓘ |
| hasLanguageVariantName |
Bahía Yankee
ⓘ
Puerto Yankee ⓘ |
| hasNameOrigin | named by or for Yankee (American) sealers ⓘ |
| hasNearbyIsland |
Deception Island
ⓘ
Livingston Island ⓘ Robert Island ⓘ |
| hasNearbyResearchActivity | Antarctic scientific field camps ⓘ |
| hasProtectionStatus | subject to environmental protection under the Antarctic Treaty System ⓘ |
| hasSurroundingTopography |
glaciated slopes
ⓘ
low-lying coastal terrain ⓘ |
| hasTypicalUseSeason | austral summer ⓘ |
| hasWildlife |
penguins
ⓘ
seabirds ⓘ seals ⓘ |
| historicalEraOfUse |
20th century
ⓘ
early 19th century ⓘ |
| historicallyUsedBy |
19th-century sealers
ⓘ
scientific research parties ⓘ |
| isChartedOn | nautical charts of the South Shetland Islands ⓘ |
| isInHemisphere |
Southern Hemisphere
ⓘ
Western Hemisphere ⓘ |
| isPartOf | coastline of Greenwich Island ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Antarctica
ⓘ
South Shetland Islands ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Greenwich Island ⓘ |
| opensTo | McFarlane Strait ⓘ |
| partOf |
Southern Ocean
ⓘ
surface form:
Southern Ocean region
|
| usedFor |
anchorage
ⓘ
scientific expeditions ⓘ sealing operations ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Yankee Harbor