Cameron Island, Antarctica
![]() ![]() Cameron Island Location in Antarctica | |
Geography | |
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Location | Antarctica |
Coordinates | 66°13′S 110°36′E / 66.217°S 110.600°ECoordinates: 66°13′S 110°36′E / 66.217°S 110.600°E |
Archipelago | Swain Islands |
Administration | |
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System | |
Demographics | |
Population | Uninhabited |
Cameron Island is a small island just north of Hailstorm Island, in the Swain Islands, Antarctica. This region was photographed from the air by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump (1946–47), ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) (1956), and the Soviet expedition (1956). The island was included in a 1957 ground survey by C.R. Eklund, who named it for , chief glaciologist at Wilkes Station, 1957.
Important Bird Area[]
The island, along with neighbouring Berkley Island, the intervening sea and smaller islets, has been identified as a 97 ha Important Bird Area by BirdLife International because it supports some 14,000 pairs of breeding Adélie penguins (as estimated from January 2011 satellite imagery). It lies about 9 km east of Australia's Casey Station.[1]
See also[]
- List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands
- Magee Rock
References[]
- ^ "Berkeley Island / Cameron Island". BirdLife Data Zone. BirdLife International. 2015. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
External links[]
This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "Cameron Island, Antarctica". (content from the Geographic Names Information System)
- Important Bird Areas of Antarctica
- Penguin colonies
- Windmill Islands
- Wilkes Land geography stubs