Yalour Islands
 Tourist expedition Zodiac visits Adelie penguins in the Yalour Islands | |
  Yalour Islands Location in Antarctica | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Antarctica |
| Coordinates | 65°14′S 64°10′W / 65.233°S 64.167°W |
| Archipelago | Wilhelm Archipelago |
| Administration | |
| Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System | |
| Demographics | |
| Population | Uninhabited |
Yalour Islands, also known as the Jalour Islands, is a group of islands and rocks 2.8 kilometres (1.5 nmi) in extent in the south part of the
The rocks observed on the Yalours and surrounding areas are predominantly igneous intrusives that have cooled deep under ground. The main rock type is grey to black gabbro composed of small crystals of grey-white feldspar and black pyroxene. The rocks here were formed by much the same process that the rest of the peninsula was formed; the Pacific plate sliding under the Antarctic Peninsula in an ocean/continent subduction-type tectonic event. This process, called orogenesis, is one of the most common ways for a mountain chain to form. The Andres and the coast ranges of North America are other classic examples of this type of tectonism. The mountain building has nearly stopped though; it is only at the very tip of the peninsula and in the South Shetland Islands that the process continues. For the rest of the peninsula, it erosion and gravity's turn to shape the landscape.[1]
About 8,000 pairs of Adelie penguins nest in the Yalour Islands.[2]
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Kayaking near the Yalour Islands -
Kayaker near the Yalour Islands -
Adelie penguin in the Yalour Islands -
Kayaking near the Yalour Islands -
Adelie penguins in the Yalour Islands
See also
- List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands
References
This article incorporates public domain material from "Yalour Islands". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
External links
Personal photographic account of the site in March 2007: bartosik.org
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