Galindez Island

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Galindez Island is a small island in the Argentine Islands of Antarctica, notable as the site of the Ukrainian Vernadsky Research Base and for its role in polar scientific research.

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Galindez Island canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf island
country Antarctica (no sovereign state) NERFINISHED
discoveredBy French Antarctic Expedition (1903–1905) NERFINISHED
Jean-Baptiste Charcot NERFINISHED
formerOperatorOfStation United Kingdom NERFINISHED
governedBy Antarctic Treaty System
hasBuilding Vernadsky Research Base main station complex NERFINISHED
hasClimate polar climate
hasCoordinateSystem geographic coordinates (latitude/longitude)
hasFeature rocky terrain
snow cover for most of the year
hasFormerResearchStation Faraday Station NERFINISHED
hasNearbyWaterBody Southern Ocean NERFINISHED
hasPermanentHumanPresence scientific personnel at Vernadsky Research Base
hasResearchStation Vernadsky Research Base NERFINISHED
locatedIn Antarctica
Argentine Islands NERFINISHED
Wilhelm Archipelago NERFINISHED
namedAfter Domingo Galíndez (Argentine official) NERFINISHED
near Anvers Island NERFINISHED
Petermann Island NERFINISHED
Wordie House NERFINISHED
notableFor ionospheric research
meteorological observations
ozone layer measurements
polar scientific research
operatorOfStation Ukraine NERFINISHED
partOf Argentine Islands archipelago NERFINISHED
protectedBy environmental protocols of the Antarctic Treaty System
region Antarctic Peninsula region NERFINISHED
status uninhabited except for research station personnel
surveyedBy British Graham Land Expedition NERFINISHED
Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey NERFINISHED
timezone UTC-3 (station time, Vernadsky Base)
usedFor biology research
climatology research
geophysics research
glaciology research
year-round scientific research

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Vernadsky Research Base locatedIn Galindez Island
Faraday Station locatedOnIsland Galindez Island
Base F locatedIn Galindez Island