Cape Whitson, is a headland on the south coast of Laurie Island, the easternmost and second largest of the South Orkney Islands of Antarctica. It lies about 9km south-east of Argentina’s Orcadas Base.
Headland of Antarctica
It is named after Sir Thomas Barnby Whitson, Lord Provost of Edinburgh at the time of its full mapping in the 1930s by the Edinburgh map-makers J.G.Bartholomew & Sons.[1]
Important Bird Area
Cape Whitson has been identified as an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International because it supports a large breeding colony of about 13,000 pairs of chinstrap penguins. The 54ha IBA comprises the ice-free land of the cape, extending for 1.5km between Aitken Cove and Methuen Cove. It has an elevation of less than 250m.[2]
"Cape Whitson, Laurie Island". BirdLife data zone: Important Bird Areas. BirdLife International. 2012. Archived from the original on 10 July 2007. Retrieved 12 December 2012.
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