Atriceps Island
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Antarctic island
Atriceps Island is located in Antarctica Atriceps Island Atriceps Island Location in Antarctica | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Antarctica |
| Coordinates | 60°47′S 45°9′W / 60.783°S 45.150°W / -60.783; -45.150 |
| Administration | |
| Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System | |
| Demographics | |
| Population | Uninhabited |
Atriceps Island is the southernmost of the Robertson Islands, lying 5.6 kilometres (3 nmi) south of the south-east end of Coronation Island in the South Orkney Islands of Antarctica. The island has been identified as an Important Bird Area by BirdLife International because it supports a breeding colony of imperial shags (Phalacrocorax atriceps), after which the island was named in 1948–49 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey, with 524 pairs recorded in 1988.[1]
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[edit ]- ^ "Atriceps Island, Robertson Islands". BirdLife data zone: Important Bird Areas. BirdLife International. 2012. Archived from the original on 10 July 2007. Retrieved 9 December 2012.
- Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from "Atriceps Island". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey.
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