Berkner Island

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Berkner Island is a large, ice-covered island in the Weddell Sea of Antarctica, lying between the Filchner and Ronne Ice Shelves and almost entirely buried beneath the Antarctic ice sheet.

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Label Occurrences
Berkner Island canonical 1

Statements (33)

Predicate Object
instanceOf island
almostEntirelyBuriedUnder Antarctic ice sheet NERFINISHED
belongsTo Argentine Antarctica (claimed) NERFINISHED
British Antarctic Territory (claimed) NERFINISHED
Chilean Antarctic Territory (claimed) NERFINISHED
country Antarctica NERFINISHED
coveredBy Antarctic ice sheet NERFINISHED
discoveredBy U.S.–International Geophysical Year (IGY) party NERFINISHED
discoveredDuring International Geophysical Year NERFINISHED
elevation approximately 975 metres
environment polar climate
governedBy Antarctic Treaty System
hasCoastlineType ice shelf margin
hasNo permanent human settlements
hasResearchActivity glaciological studies
ice-core drilling
highestPoint about 975 metres above sea level
length approximately 320 kilometres
locatedBetween Filchner Ice Shelf NERFINISHED
Ronne Ice Shelf NERFINISHED
locatedIn Antarctica
Weddell Sea NERFINISHED
locatedOnSideOf eastern side of Weddell Sea
namedAfter Lloyd V. Berkner NERFINISHED
partOf Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf system NERFINISHED
Southern Ocean region NERFINISHED
population uninhabited
region Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf region NERFINISHED
separatedFrom Antarctic mainland by deep subglacial troughs
shape roughly oval
subglacialTopography bedrock lies below sea level
surfaceCondition ice-covered
width approximately 150 kilometres

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Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf adjacentTo Berkner Island