Hawker Island
  Hawker Island Location in Antarctica | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Antarctica |
| Coordinates | 68°38′S 77°51′E / 68.633°S 77.850°E |
| Administration | |
| Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System | |
| Demographics | |
| Population | Uninhabited |
Hawker Island is an irregularly shaped island about 2 km (1.2 mi) long, lying some 7 km south-west of
Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936–37. It was remapped by the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (1957–58) and named after Alan Charles Hawker, a radio supervisor at Davis Station in 1957.[1]
Birds
The island supports a breeding colony of southern giant petrels – the southernmost such colony on continental Antarctica – as well as Adélie penguins and Cape petrels. The site is protected under the Antarctic Treaty System as Antarctic Specially Protected Area (ASPA) No.167.[2]
See also
References
- ^ "Hawker Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2012-05-31.
- ^ "Hawker Island, Vestfold Hills, Ingrid Christensen Coast, Princess Elizabeth Land, East Antarctica" (PDF). Management Plan for Antarctic Specially Protected Area No. 167: Measure 1, Annex H. Antarctic Treaty Secretariat. 2006. Retrieved 2013-02-05.
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