Cape Wadworth
Cape Wadworth is the northern extremity of
Historic site
A message post was placed at the cape by Robert Falcon Scott on 15 January 1902. It consisted of a metal cylinder nailed to a red pole erected 8 m above sea level. The rocks behind the post were painted red and white to make it more conspicuous. The site has been designated a Historic Site or Monument (HSM 70), following a proposal by New Zealand, Norway and the United Kingdom to the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting.[1]
Important Bird Area
A 415 ha site of sea ice about 5 km south-west of the cape has been designated an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International because it supports a colony of about 25,000 emperor penguins (estimated from 2009 satellite imagery).[2]
References
- ^ "List of Historic Sites and Monuments approved by the ATCM (2012)" (PDF). Antarctic Treaty Secretariat. 2012. Retrieved 2014-01-05.
- ^ "Cape Wadworth, Coulman Island". BirdLife Data Zone. BirdLife International. 2015. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
External links
- This article incorporates public domain material from "Cape Wadworth". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
73°19′S 169°47′E / 73.317°S 169.783°E