Location in Antarctica | |
Geography | |
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Location | Antarctica |
Coordinates | 60°47′S 45°9′W / 60.783°S 45.150°W / -60.783; -45.150 |
Administration | |
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System | |
Demographics | |
Population | Uninhabited |
Atriceps Island is the southernmost of the Robertson Islands, lying 5.6 kilometres (3 nmi) south of the south-east end of Coronation Island in the South Orkney IslandsofAntarctica. The island has been identified as an Important Bird AreabyBirdLife International because it supports a breeding colonyofimperial shags (Phalacrocorax atriceps), after which the island was named in 1948–49 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey, with 524 pairs recorded in 1988.[1]
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