Seymour Island

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Seymour Island is an Antarctic island near the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula, known for its important fossil beds and as the site of Argentina’s Marambio research base.

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Seymour Island canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Antarctic island
island
countryClaim Argentina
United Kingdom
governedBy Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty
surface form: Antarctic Treaty environmental protocols
hasAccessibility air access via Marambio Base runway
hasActivity year-round scientific research at Marambio Base
hasAirport Marambio Base
surface form: Marambio Base airfield
hasAlternativeName Marambio Island
surface form: Isla Marambio
hasClimate polar climate
hasEcologicalFeature ice-free rock outcrops
seabird colonies
hasFossilType bird fossils
fish fossils
mammal fossils
marine invertebrate fossils
plant fossils
hasGeologicalAge Cretaceous
Eocene
Paleogene
hasJurisdictionStatus no permanent civilian population
hasLanguageOfToponymy English
Spanish
hasNearbyIsland James Ross Island
Snow Hill Island NERFINISHED
Vega Island NERFINISHED
hasResearchBase Marambio Base
hasScientificSignificance key reference section for Southern Hemisphere K–Pg boundary
hasStratigraphicUnit La Meseta Formation
López de Bertodano Formation
Seymour Island Group NERFINISHED
hasSurfaceFeature ice-free areas in summer
knownFor Cenozoic marine sediments
Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary exposures
important fossil beds
paleontological research
locatedIn Antarctica
James Ross Island
surface form: James Ross Island group

Weddell Sea
locatedNear northern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula
partOf Graham Land region vicinity
researchBaseOf Argentina
sovereigntyRegime Antarctic Treaty System
usedFor biological research
geological research
paleoclimate studies

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Marambio Base locatedOn Seymour Island
Joinville Island group hasIsland Seymour Island