Franklin Island (Antarctica)

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island in Antarctica volcanic island

Franklin Island (Antarctica) is a small, largely ice-covered volcanic island in the Ross Sea off the coast of Victoria Land, known for its remote location and abundant penguin colonies.

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Label	Occurrences
Franklin Island (Antarctica) canonical	1

Statements (34)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	island in Antarctica ⓘ volcanic island ⓘ
characteristic	abundant penguin colonies ⓘ remote location ⓘ
climate	polar ⓘ
continent	Antarctica ⓘ
countryClaim	New Zealand ⓘ
discoveredBy	James Clark Ross ⓘ
discoveryYear	1841 ⓘ
ecosystemType	polar marine ecosystem ⓘ
elevation	~245 m ⓘ
geologicalOrigin	volcanic ⓘ
hasBreedingColonyOf	Adélie penguin ⓘ
hasFauna	Adélie penguin ⓘ Weddell seal ⓘ leopard seal ⓘ south polar skua ⓘ
hasHumanSettlement	none ⓘ
humanActivity	scientific research visits ⓘ
importantFor	seabird breeding ⓘ
locatedIn	Ross Sea ⓘ Southern Ocean ⓘ
locatedInRegion	Ross Dependency ⓘ
locatedOffCoastOf	Victoria Land ⓘ
namedAfter	John Franklin ⓘ surface form: Sir John Franklin
nearbyFeature	Cape Crozier ⓘ Cape Hickey ⓘ Ross Ice Shelf ⓘ
partOf	McMurdo Volcanic Group ⓘ
permanentResearchStations	none ⓘ
protectedBy	Antarctic Treaty System ⓘ
region	Ross Sea ⓘ surface form: western Ross Sea
surfaceCover	largely ice-covered ⓘ
uninhabited	true ⓘ

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Ross Dependency (New Zealand Antarctic territory) → contains → Franklin Island (Antarctica) ⓘ

subject surface form: Ross Dependency