Murray Island (Antarctica)

Murray Islands

Location of Pefaur (Ventimiglia) Peninsula on Danco Coast, Antarctic Peninsula
Murray Islands Location in Antarctica
Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	64°22′S 61°34′W / 64.367°S 61.567°W / -64.367; -61.567Coordinates: 64°22′S 61°34′W / 64.367°S 61.567°W / -64.367; -61.567
Length	10 km (6 mi)
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population	Uninhabited

Murray Island, also sometimes known as Bluff Island, is an island 6 mile long lying at the south-west side of Hughes Bay, off the west coast of Graham Land, Antarctica. The feature has been known to sealers operating in the area since the 1820s, although it was shown on charts as part of the mainland. In 1922 the whale catcher Graham passed through the channel separating it from the mainland, proving its insularity. It was named in association with Cape Murray, the seaward extremity of the island.

Important Bird Area[]

A 98 ha ice-free site on the western side of a small peninsula on the northern coast of the island was designated the Bluff Island Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International because, in 1989, it supported a breeding colony of about 180 pairs of Antarctic shags.^[1]

See also[]

• List of Antarctic and subantarctic islands

Map[]

• British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 64 60. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, Tolworth, UK, 1978.

References[]

• SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "Murray Island (Antarctica)". (content from the Geographic Names Information System) 

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