Greenwich Island

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Antarctic island island

Greenwich Island is one of the South Shetland Islands off the Antarctic Peninsula, known for hosting several research stations and serving as a site for scientific exploration in Antarctica.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Cape Greenwich 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Antarctic island ⓘ
island ⓘ
climate polar climate ⓘ
countryClaimedBy Argentina ⓘ
Chile ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
discoveredBy early 19th-century sealers ⓘ
governedBy Antarctic Treaty System ⓘ
hasBay Discovery Bay ⓘ
English Strait (adjacent waterway) ⓘ
Yankee Harbour ⓘ
hasFeature glaciers ⓘ
ice-covered interior ⓘ
ice-free zones in summer ⓘ
rocky coastal areas ⓘ
hasHighestPoint Ephraim Bluff ⓘ
Momchil Peak ⓘ
hasNearbyIsland Deception Island ⓘ
Livingston Island ⓘ
Robert Island ⓘ
Snow Island ⓘ
hasResearchStation Artigas Base ⓘ
Base General Bernardo O’Higgins Riquelme ⓘ
surface form: Base General Bernardo O’Higgins Riquelme (historical use in vicinity)

Captain Arturo Prat Base ⓘ
Escudero Station ⓘ
Escudero Station ⓘ
surface form: Julio Escudero Station
hasSeasonalPopulation scientists ⓘ
support staff ⓘ
locatedIn Antarctica ⓘ
South Shetland Islands ⓘ
Southern Ocean ⓘ
namedAfter Greenwich ⓘ
surface form: Greenwich, London
partOf Antarctic Peninsula ⓘ
surface form: Antarctic Peninsula region

Antarctic Specially Managed Areas ⓘ
surface form: Antarctic Specially Managed Area (nearby Discovery Bay)

South Shetland Islands ⓘ
surface form: South Shetland Islands archipelago
separatedBy English Strait ⓘ
McFarlane Strait ⓘ
separatedFrom Livingston Island ⓘ
Robert Island ⓘ
uninhabitedBy permanent civilian population ⓘ
usedFor biological research ⓘ
climate studies ⓘ
glaciological research ⓘ
scientific research ⓘ
visitedBy icebreakers ⓘ
research vessels ⓘ
tourist expedition ships ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

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

Trinity Peninsula → hasCape → Greenwich Island ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cape Greenwich
South Shetland Islands → hasIsland → Greenwich Island ⓘ
King George Island → hasNearbyIsland → Greenwich Island ⓘ
Base Prat → locatedOn → Greenwich Island ⓘ
Base Arturo Prat → locatedOnCoastOf → Greenwich Island ⓘ
Base Arturo Prat → location → Greenwich Island ⓘ
Base Naval Arturo Prat → location → Greenwich Island ⓘ
Cámara Base → nearbyFeature → Greenwich Island ⓘ
Robert Island → neighboringIsland → Greenwich Island ⓘ