Cape Hunter
Adélie penguins breed in the IBA
Cape Hunter is a rocky promontory on the west shore of Commonwealth Bay, Antarctica, 8 nautical miles (15 km) west of Cape Denison. It was discovered in 1912 and explored the following year by the Australasian Antarctic Expedition under Douglas Mawson, who named it for , chief biologist of the expedition.[1]
Important Bird Area[]
An 11 ha site at the cape has been designated an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International because, in 1997/98 it supported a colony of some 16,000 breeding pairs of Adélie penguins. Breeding Antarctic petrels, snow petrels and south polar skuas were also present.[2]
References[]
- ^ "Hunter, Cape". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-07-04.
- ^ "Cape Hunter". BirdLife Data Zone. BirdLife International. 2015. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
External links[]
This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "Hunter, Cape". (content from the Geographic Names Information System)
This article incorporates Coordinates: 66°57′S 142°21′E / 66.950°S 142.350°E
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