Lucas Island
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Island of Antarctica
Lucas Island is located in Antarctica Lucas Island Lucas Island Location in Antarctica | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Antarctica |
| Coordinates | 68°30′S 77°57′E / 68.500°S 77.950°E / -68.500; 77.950 |
| Length | 0.6 km (0.37 mi) |
| Width | 0.2 km (0.12 mi) |
| Highest elevation | 40 m (130 ft) |
| Administration | |
| Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System | |
| Demographics | |
| Population | Uninhabited |
Lucas Island is a small island lying just west of the Vestfold Hills, Antarctica, 4 kilometres (2 nmi) north-west of Plog Island. It was mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936–37) and called "Plogsteinen" (the plow stone). It was mapped by the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions in 1958 and renamed for W.C. Lucas, a diesel mechanic at Davis Station, 1957.[1]
Important Bird Area
[edit ]A 9 ha site comprising the whole island has also been designated an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International because it supports about 14,000 breeding pairs of Adélie penguins.[2]
See also
[edit ]References
[edit ]- ^ "Lucas Island". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved 2013年07月08日.
- ^ "Lucas Island". BirdLife Data Zone. BirdLife International. 2015. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
External links
[edit ]- Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from "Lucas Island". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey.
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