Waterhouse Island (Antarctica)

Waterhouse Island
Adélie penguins breed in the IBA
Waterhouse Island is located in Antarctica
Waterhouse Island
Waterhouse Island
Location in Antarctica
Geography
LocationPrincess Elizabeth Land, Antarctica
Coordinates68°32′04″S 77°56′49″E / 68.53444°S 77.94694°E / -68.53444; 77.94694
Highest elevation37.5 m (123 ft)
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited

Waterhouse Island is an island in Prydz Bay on the Ingrid Christensen Coast of Princess Elizabeth Land, Antarctica. It lies just SSW of Lugg Island, and about 3.5 km NNW of Australia's Davis Station on Broad Peninsula in the Vestfold Hills. It was named after R.S. Waterhouse, a Medical Officer at Davis in 1971.[1]

Important Bird Area

The island forms part of the Magnetic Island and nearby islands Important Bird Area (IBA), comprising Magnetic, Turner, Waterhouse, Lugg, Boyd and Bluff Islands, along with intervening islands and marine area. The site was designated an IBA by BirdLife International because it supports large colonies of Adélie penguins totalling some 29,000 breeding pairs, based on 2012 satellite imagery.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Waterhouse Island". AADC Gazetteer. Australian Antarctic Data Centre. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  2. ^ "Magnetic Island and nearby islands". BirdLife Data Zone. BirdLife International. 2015. Retrieved 16 November 2020.


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