Cockburn Island (Antarctica)

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Cockburn Island
Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	64°12′S 56°51′W / 64.200°S 56.850°W / -64.200; -56.850
Length	2.7 km (1.68 mi)
Width	2.0 km (1.24 mi)
Highest elevation	450 m (1,480 ft)
Country
Antarctica
Demographics
Population	0
Additional information
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System

Cockburn Island is an oval island 2.7 kilometres (1.7 mi) long, consisting of a high plateau with steep slopes surmounted on the northwest side by a pyramidal peak 450 m (1,476 ft) high, lying in the north-east entrance to Admiralty Sound, south of the north-east end of Antarctic Peninsula. It was discovered by a British expedition under Ross, 1839-43, who named it for Admiral George Cockburn, Royal Navy, then senior Lord of the Admiralty.

Birds

The island has been identified as an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International because it supports a breeding colony of about 800 pairs of Imperial Shags. Although a large colony of Adélie Penguins and Snow Petrel nests were reported from the island in 1901, it is not known whether they continue to breed there.^[1]

References

↑ "Cockburn Island". BirdLife data zone: Important Bird Areas. BirdLife International. 2012. Retrieved 2012-12-14.

External links

U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cockburn Island

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South Shetlands	Admiralty Bay Ardley Island Aspland Island Baily Head Barnard Point Byers Peninsula Cape Bowles Cape Garry Cape Hooker Cape Lookout Cape Melville Cape Shirreff Cape Wallace Chinstrap Cove Davey Point Eadie Island East of Nelly Point Escarpada Point False Round Point Fur Seal Point Gibbs Island Half Moon Island Harmony Point Heywood Island Jameson Point Kellick Island Lions Rump Milosz Point Mount Elder North Foreland O'Brien Island Owen Island Penguin Island Point Wordie Potter Peninsula Pottinger Point Saddleback Point Seal Islands Stigant Point Stinker Point Tartar Island Vapour Col Yankee Harbour

South Orkneys	Atriceps Island Buchanan Point Cape Davidson Cape Geddes Cape Hansen Cape Robertson Cape Whitson Cheal Point Christoffersen Island Eillium Island Ferguslie Peninsula Ferrier Peninsula Fraser Point Fredriksen Island Gibbon Bay Gosling Islands Graptolite Island Grey Island Inaccessible Islands Larsen Islands Matthews Island Michelsen Island Moe Island Moreton Point Pirie Peninsula Point Martin Return Point Robertson Islands Signy Island Skilling Island Southern Powell Island Watson Peninsula

Coordinates: 64°12′S 56°51′W / 64.200°S 56.850°W / -64.200; -56.850

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Cockburn Island (Antarctica)

Birds

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