Danger Islands

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Not to be confused with Danger Island.

The islands are an important breeding site for Adelie Pernguins

The Danger Islands are a group of islands lying 24 km (15 mi) east-south-east of Joinville Island. They were discovered on 28 December 1842 by a British expedition under James Clark Ross, who so named them because, appearing among heavy fragments of ice, they were almost completely concealed until the ship was nearly upon them.^[1]

Important Bird Area

The Danger Islands group has been identified as an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International because it supports large numbers of Adelie Penguins, with about 300,000 nests having been recorded in at least five distinct colonies. Other birds thought to breed in the group include Gentoo Penguins, Snowy Sheathbills, Kelp Gulls and Antarctic Shags.^[2]

References

↑ "Danger Islands". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 2011-12-20.
↑ "Danger Islands". Important Bird Areas factsheet. BirdLife International. 2012. Retrieved 2012-10-21.

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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: 63°25′S 54°40′W / 63.417°S 54.667°W / -63.417; -54.667

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Danger Islands

Important Bird Area

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