James Ross Island

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island shield volcano

James Ross Island is a large Antarctic island near the northeastern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula, known for its significant geological formations and paleoclimate research sites.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Mount Haddington 0
James Ross Island group 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf island ⓘ
shield volcano ⓘ
climate polar climate ⓘ
countryClaim Argentina NERFINISHED ⓘ
United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
discoveredBy James Clark Ross NERFINISHED ⓘ
discoveryYear 1843 ⓘ
governedBy Antarctic Treaty System ⓘ
hasCoastType ice-free coastal cliffs ⓘ
rocky shores ⓘ
hasEcosystem polar desert ⓘ
hasFossilsFrom Cretaceous period ⓘ
Paleogene period NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasGeologicalFeature Cretaceous sedimentary rocks ⓘ
Mount Haddington NERFINISHED ⓘ
fossiliferous strata ⓘ
volcanic formations ⓘ
hasHighestPoint Mount Haddington NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasIceFeature glaciers ⓘ
ice caps ⓘ
hasIceFreeAreas true ⓘ
hasImportantSiteType geological type sections ⓘ
paleontological localities ⓘ
hasNearbyFeature Antarctic Sound NERFINISHED ⓘ
Prince Gustav Channel NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasNearbyIsland Snow Hill Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vega Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasResearchActivity climate history reconstruction ⓘ
geological field studies ⓘ
glaciological studies ⓘ
knownFor Cretaceous–Paleogene stratigraphy ⓘ
paleoclimate research ⓘ
paleontological sites ⓘ
locatedIn Antarctica ⓘ
Weddell Sea region NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedNear northeastern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula ⓘ
locatedOn James Ross Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter James Clark Ross NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf James Ross Island group NERFINISHED ⓘ
region northwestern Weddell Sea ⓘ
separatedBy Prince Gustav Channel NERFINISHED ⓘ
separatedFrom Antarctic Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ
surroundedBy sea ice (seasonal) ⓘ
uninhabited true ⓘ
usedFor scientific research ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Seymour Island → hasNearbyIsland → James Ross Island ⓘ
James Clark Ross → honouredIn → James Ross Island ⓘ
Seymour Island → locatedIn → James Ross Island ⓘ
this entity surface form: James Ross Island group