Prince Gustav Channel
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Prince Gustav Channel is a narrow waterway off the northeastern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula, historically important as a shipping route and for studies of ice-shelf retreat and climate change.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
channel
ⓘ
strait ⓘ |
| chartedBy | Otto Nordenskjöld NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| connects |
Weddell Sea
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
northwestern part of the Weddell Sea ⓘ |
| countryClaimedBy |
Argentina
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Chile NERFINISHED ⓘ United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| environmentalConcern |
changes in sea-ice conditions
ⓘ
ice-shelf loss ⓘ |
| environmentalSignificance | indicator of regional warming on Antarctic Peninsula ⓘ |
| governedByTreaty | Antarctic Treaty System NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasClimate | polar climate ⓘ |
| hasFeature | Prince Gustav Ice Shelf (former) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLegalStatus | no sovereign ownership recognized under international law ⓘ |
| hasNearbyIsland | James Ross Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNearbyPeninsula | Trinity Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSeaIce | seasonal sea ice ⓘ |
| hasSedimentRecord |
Holocene climate variability
ⓘ
Last Glacial Maximum retreat ⓘ |
| historicalUse |
seal hunting route
ⓘ
shipping route ⓘ |
| iceShelfCollapseYearApprox | 1995 ⓘ |
| iceShelfRetreatObserved | Prince Gustav Ice Shelf NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isExampleOf | rapid ice-shelf disintegration area ⓘ |
| isMonitoredBy |
marine sediment coring
ⓘ
remote sensing ⓘ satellite imagery ⓘ |
| knownFor |
climate change research
ⓘ
ice-shelf retreat studies ⓘ palaeoclimate reconstructions ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Antarctic Peninsula
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Antarctica ⓘ Graham Land NERFINISHED ⓘ Weddell Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Crown Prince Gustav of Sweden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| orientation | north–south ⓘ |
| partOf | Southern Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | northeastern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula ⓘ |
| separates |
James Ross Island
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Trinity Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| surveyedBy | Swedish Antarctic Expedition NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| surveyedDuring | 1901–1904 ⓘ |
| usedFor |
glaciological research
ⓘ
marine geology research ⓘ oceanographic research ⓘ |
| widthApprox | narrow ⓘ |
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