Beall Island
Geography | |
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Location | Antarctica |
Coordinates | 66°18′S 110°29′E / 66.300°S 110.483°E |
Archipelago | Windmill Islands |
Length | 2 km (1.2 mi) |
Width | 1.5 km (0.93 mi) |
Highest elevation | 48 m (157 ft) |
Administration | |
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System | |
Demographics | |
Population | Uninhabited |
Beall Island is a rocky island with small coves indenting the eastern and western sides, lying 600 m (660 yd) south-west of the
ANCA
after the island. Connors Point is the north-western point of the island; it was named by the US-ACAN for Aerographer's Mate William J. Connors, USN, a member of the Wilkes Station party of 1958.
Important Bird Area
A 414 ha site comprising both Beall Island and neighbouring Shirley Island, as well as the intervening marine area, has been designated an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International because it supports breeding colonies of about 14,000 pairs of Adélie penguins, based on 2011 satellite imagery. Other birds breeding in the IBA include snow petrels, Wilson's storm petrels and south polar skuas.[1]
See also
- Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
- List of Antarctic and Subantarctic islands
- List of Antarctic islands south of 60° S
- SCAR
- Territorial claims in Antarctica
References
- ^ "Shirley Island / Beall Island". BirdLife Data Zone. BirdLife International. 2015. Retrieved 29 November 2020.