King George Island

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Antarctic island geographical feature island

King George Island is the largest of the South Shetland Islands off the coast of Antarctica, hosting multiple international research stations and serving as a key logistical hub for Antarctic operations.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
King George Island canonical 41
Archipelago of the South Shetland Islands 1
King George Island (25 de Mayo Island) 1

Statements (64)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Antarctic island ⓘ
geographical feature ⓘ
island ⓘ
area about 1,150 square kilometers ⓘ
averageSummerTemperature around 0 °C to 3 °C ⓘ
averageWinterTemperature around −10 °C ⓘ
climate polar maritime climate ⓘ
country Antarctic Treaty System ⓘ
surface form: Antarctic Treaty System (no sovereign ownership recognized)
coveredBy glaciers ⓘ
discoveredBy William Smith (British mariner) ⓘ
discoveryYear 1819 ⓘ
governedBy Antarctic Treaty System ⓘ
hasAirport King George Island airfield (Frei Station) ⓘ
Teniente Rodolfo Marsh Martin Airport ⓘ
hasBay Admiralty Bay ⓘ
King George Bay ⓘ
Maxwell Bay ⓘ
hasCoastlineOn Admiralty Bay ⓘ
Bransfield Strait ⓘ
Maxwell Bay ⓘ
hasNearbyIsland Greenwich Island ⓘ
Livingston Island ⓘ
Nelson Island ⓘ
hasSettlement Artigas Base ⓘ
Base Presidente Eduardo Frei Montalva ⓘ
Bellingshausen Station ⓘ
Comandante Ferraz Station ⓘ
surface form: Comandante Ferraz Antarctic Station

Carlini Base ⓘ
surface form: Escudero Base

Great Wall Station ⓘ
Henryk Arctowski Station ⓘ
Jubany Station ⓘ
surface form: Jubany / Carlini Station

Korean King Sejong Station ⓘ
surface form: King Sejong Station

Bellingshausen Station ⓘ
surface form: Machado / Admiralty Bay field stations (seasonal)

Villa Las Estrellas ⓘ
hasWildlife Adélie penguin colonies ⓘ
chinstrap penguin colonies ⓘ
gentoo penguin colonies ⓘ
seabirds ⓘ
seals ⓘ
hostsResearchStationOf Argentina ⓘ
Brazil ⓘ
Chile ⓘ
China ⓘ
Ecuador ⓘ
Peru ⓘ
Poland ⓘ
Russia ⓘ
South Korea ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States (seasonal field camps)

Uruguay ⓘ
largestOf South Shetland Islands ⓘ
length about 95 km ⓘ
locatedIn Antarctica ⓘ
Southern Ocean ⓘ
namedAfter George III of the United Kingdom ⓘ
surface form: King George III of the United Kingdom
partOf South Shetland Islands ⓘ
sovereigntyClaimedBy Argentina ⓘ
Chile ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
subjectTo Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty ⓘ
usedAs logistical hub for Antarctic operations ⓘ
usedFor scientific research ⓘ
tourism gateway to Antarctica ⓘ
width up to about 25 km ⓘ

Referenced by (46)

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

Teniente Rodolfo Marsh Martin Aerodrome → locatedIn → King George Island ⓘ
Presidente Eduardo Frei Montalva Base → locatedOn → King George Island ⓘ
Villa Las Estrellas → locatedOn → King George Island ⓘ
South Shetland Islands → hasIsland → King George Island ⓘ
South Shetland Islands → hasIsland → King George Island ⓘ
this entity surface form: King George Island (25 de Mayo Island)
South Shetland Islands → hasResearchStationOn → King George Island ⓘ
Argentine Antarctica → includesIsland → King George Island ⓘ
TNM → location → King George Island ⓘ
SCRM → locatedOn → King George Island ⓘ
subject surface form: Teniente Rodolfo Marsh Martin Aerodrome
SCRM → serves → King George Island ⓘ
subject surface form: Teniente Rodolfo Marsh Martin Aerodrome
Bellingshausen Station → locatedOn → King George Island ⓘ
Great Wall Station → locatedOn → King George Island ⓘ
Base Presidente Eduardo Frei Montalva → locatedOn → King George Island ⓘ
Fildes Peninsula → locatedIn → King George Island ⓘ
Fildes Peninsula → partOf → King George Island ⓘ
Teniente Rodolfo Marsh Martin Airport → location → King George Island ⓘ
Teniente Rodolfo Marsh Martin Airport → near → King George Island ⓘ
this entity surface form: King George Island coast
Rodolfo Marsh Martin → locatedOn → King George Island ⓘ
subject surface form: Teniente Rodolfo Marsh Martin Aerodrome
Bransfield Strait → hasNearbyIsland → King George Island ⓘ
Frei Base → locatedOn → King George Island ⓘ
Carlini Base → locatedOn → King George Island ⓘ
Artigas Base → location → King George Island ⓘ
Jubany Station → locatedOn → King George Island ⓘ
Half Moon Island → partOf → King George Island ⓘ
this entity surface form: Archipelago of the South Shetland Islands
Clarence Island → locatedSoutheastOf → King George Island ⓘ
Chilean Frei Station → locatedOn → King George Island ⓘ
Korean King Sejong Station → location → King George Island ⓘ
Frei Station → locatedOn → King George Island ⓘ
Comandante Ferraz Station → location → King George Island ⓘ
Henryk Arctowski Station → locatedOn → King George Island ⓘ
Admiralty Bay → locatedOn → King George Island ⓘ
Admiralty Bay → partOf → King George Island ⓘ
this entity surface form: King George Island coastal system
Antarctic Specially Protected Area No. 125 → locatedOn → King George Island ⓘ
Escudero Station → locatedOn → King George Island ⓘ
Maxwell Bay → locatedIn → King George Island ⓘ
Maxwell Bay → hasNearbyIsland → King George Island ⓘ
King George Island airfield (Frei Station) → locatedOn → King George Island ⓘ
Eduardo Frei Montalva Station → locatedOn → King George Island ⓘ
King George Bay → locatedOn → King George Island ⓘ
King George Bay → hasCoastlineOn → King George Island ⓘ
King George Bay → hasNearbyIsland → King George Island ⓘ
Fildes Bay → locatedIn → King George Island ⓘ
Nelson Island → nearbyIsland → King George Island ⓘ
Potter Cove → locatedIn → King George Island ⓘ
Potter Cove → near → King George Island ⓘ
this entity surface form: King George Island research stations
Carlini Station → locatedOn → King George Island ⓘ