Gourdin Island
Gourdin Island is located in Antarctica Gourdin Island Gourdin Island Location in Antarctica | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Antarctica |
| Coordinates | 63°12′S 57°18′W / 63.200°S 57.300°W / -63.200; -57.300 |
| Administration | |
| Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System | |
| Demographics | |
| Population | Uninhabited |
Gourdin Island is the largest island (124 ha) in a group of islands and rocks 2 km (1 nmi) north of Prime Head, the northern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula. It was discovered by a French expedition, 1837–40, under Captain Jules Dumont d'Urville, and named by him for Ensign Jean Gourdin of the expedition ship Astrolabe . The island was reidentified and charted by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey in 1945–47.[1] [2]
Important Bird Area
[edit ]The island has been identified as an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International because it supports a large breeding colony of about 14,000 pairs of Adélie penguins, as well as over 550 pairs of gentoo penguins.[3]
See also
[edit ]References
[edit ]- ^ "Gourdin Island". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved 2 May 2012.
- ^ Alberts, Fred G., ed. (June 1995). Geographic Names of the Antarctic (PDF) (second ed.). United States Board on Geographic Names. p. 288. Retrieved 5 April 2012.
- ^ "Gourdin Island". BirdLife data zone: Important Bird Areas. BirdLife International. 2013. Archived from the original on 10 July 2007. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from "Gourdin Island". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey.
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