Danger Islands
Geography | |
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Location | Antarctica |
Coordinates | 63°25′S 54°40′W / 63.417°S 54.667°W |
Administration | |
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System | |
Demographics | |
Population | Uninhabited |
The Danger Islands is a group of small islands lying 24 km (13 nmi) east-south-east of Joinville Island near the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula. They were discovered on 28 December 1842 by a British expedition under James Clark Ross, who so named them because, appearing among heavy fragments of ice, they were almost completely concealed until the ship was nearly upon them.[1]
The Danger Islands comprise:
Use by birds
The Danger Islands have been identified as an Important Bird Area by BirdLife International because it supports Adélie penguin colonies and seabirds.[2] 751,527 pairs of Adélie penguins (1.5 million individuals) have been recorded in at least five distinct colonies as of March 2018.[3][4][5][6]
See also
References
- ^ "Danger Islands". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 20 December 2011.
- ^ "BirdLife Data Zone". BirdLife International. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
- PMID 29500389.
- ^ May, Ashley (2 March 2018). "NASA satellite images of poop lead researchers to penguin 'supercolony'". USA Today. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
- ^ BBC Newshour, March 2, 2018
- ^ Michael Le Page (10 March 2018). "Secret penguins revealed by drones". New Scientist.
This article incorporates public domain material from "Danger Islands". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.