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Brabant Island

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Brabant Island is the second largest island of the Palmer Archipelago within the British Antarctic Territory, lying between Anvers Island and Liège Island. [1]

19 relations: Adrien de Gerlache, Antarctic Treaty System, Antarctica, Anvers Island, Belgian Antarctic Expedition, Belgium, British Antarctic Territory, Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica, Cook Summit, Island, Liège Island, List of Antarctic and subantarctic islands, Mount Parry, Palmer Archipelago, Province of Brabant, Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research, Solvay Mountains, Stribog Mountains, Territorial claims in Antarctica.

Adrien de Gerlache

Baron Adrien Victor Joseph de Gerlache de Gomery (2 August 1866 – 4 December 1934) was an officer in the Belgian Royal Navy who led the Belgian Antarctic Expedition of 1897–99.

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Antarctic Treaty System

The Antarctic Treaty and related agreements, collectively known as the Antarctic Treaty System (ATS), regulate international relations with respect to Antarctica, Earth's only continent without a native human population.

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Antarctica

Antarctica is Earth's southernmost continent.

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Anvers Island

Anvers Island or Antwerp Island or Antwerpen Island or Isla Amberes is a high, mountainous island long, the largest in the Palmer Archipelago of Antarctica.

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Belgian Antarctic Expedition

The Belgian Antarctic Expedition (BelgAE) of 1897 to 1899 was the first expedition to winter in the Antarctic region.

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Belgium

Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Western Europe bordered by France, the Netherlands, Germany and Luxembourg.

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British Antarctic Territory

The British Antarctic Territory (BAT) is a sector of Antarctica claimed by the United Kingdom as one of its 14 British Overseas Territories, of which it is by far the largest by area.

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Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica

The Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (CGA) of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) is the authoritative international gazetteer containing all the Antarctic toponyms published in national gazetteers, plus basic information about those names and the relevant geographical features.

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Cook Summit

Cook Summit is the highest peak in the Solvay Mountains, Brabant Island, rising to between Galen Peak and Celsus Peak.

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Island

An island or isle is any piece of sub-continental land that is surrounded by water.

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Liège Island

Liège Island (in English also Liege Island) is an island, long and wide, lying immediately northeast of Brabant Island in the Palmer Archipelago, and separated from Hoseason Island and Christiania Islands to the northeast by Croker Passage.

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List of Antarctic and subantarctic islands

This is a list of Antarctic and subantarctic islands.

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Mount Parry

Mount Parry is a mountain in Stribog Mountains, Antarctica with an elevation of.

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Palmer Archipelago

Palmer Archipelago, also known as Antarctic Archipelago, Archipiélago Palmer, Antarktiske Arkipel or Palmer Inseln, is a group of islands off the northwestern coast of the Antarctic Peninsula.

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Province of Brabant

The Province of Brabant was a province in Belgium from 1830 to 1995.

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Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research

The Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) is an interdisciplinary body of the International Council for Science (ICSU).

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Solvay Mountains

The Solvay Mountains are a mountain range that rises to 1590 m (Cook Summit) and extends in an ENE–WSW direction in the south part of Brabant Island, in the Palmer Archipelago of Antarctica.

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Stribog Mountains

Stribog Mountains (планина Стрибог, ‘Planina Stribog’ \pla-ni-'na 'stri-bog\) is the principal mountain system of Brabant Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica rising to 2520 m (Mount Parry).

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Territorial claims in Antarctica

Seven sovereign states maintain a territorial claim on eight territories in Antarctica.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brabant_Island

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