Coalseam Cliffs

Antarctic petrels breed in the IBA

Coalseam Cliffs are rock cliffs forming the north-western part of Mount Faraway in the Theron Mountains. They were first mapped in 1956–57 by the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (CTAE), and so named because a coal seam was found when members of the CTAE made an aircraft landing there in 1957.

Important Bird Area[]

Coalseam Cliffs is part of the 665 ha Coalseam Cliffs and Mount Faraway Important Bird Area (IBA), designated as such by BirdLife International because it supports a colony of about 10,000 breeding pairs of Antarctic petrels. The birds nest in a scree-filled hollow between two 60 m high dolerite cliffs, a location also known as Stewart Buttress. Other birds recorded as breeding in the vicinity include snow petrels and south polar skuas.^[1]

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•  This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "Coalseam Cliffs". (content from the Geographic Names Information System)

Coordinates: 79°10′S 28°50′W / 79.167°S 28.833°W / -79.167; -28.833

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