geo.wikisort.org - IslandBoyd 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 Jeff J. Boyd, a Medical Officer at Davis in 1970.[1]
Island of Antarctica
Boyd IslandAdélie penguins breed in the IBA |
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Location | Princess Elizabeth Land, Antarctica |
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Coordinates | 68°32′41″S 77°56′38″E |
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Highest elevation | 30.5 m (100.1 ft) |
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Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System |
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Population | Uninhabited |
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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 other intervening islands and the 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
Important Bird Areas of Antarctica |
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Queen Elizabeth Land | |
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Coats Land | |
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Queen Maud Land | |
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Enderby Land | |
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Kemp Land | |
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Mac. Robertson Land | |
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Princess Elizabeth Land | |
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Queen Mary Land | |
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Wilkes Land | |
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Adélie Land | |
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George V Land | |
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Oates Land | |
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Victoria Land | |
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Ross Sea |
- Beaufort Island
- Bernacchi Head
- Cape Crozier
- Caughley Beach
- Franklin Island southwest
- McDonald Beach
- Rocky Point
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King Edward VII Land | |
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Marie Byrd Land | |
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Ellsworth Land | |
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Palmer Land | |
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Graham Land | |
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South Shetland Islands | |
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South Orkney Islands | |
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На других языках
[de] Boyd Island
Boyd Island ist eine kleine Insel im Gebiet der Vestfoldberge vor der Ingrid-Christensen-Küste des ostantarktischen Prinzessin-Elisabeth-Lands. In der Prydz Bay liegt sie unmittelbar südsüdwestlich von Lugg Island und rund 3,5 km nordnordwestlich der Davis-Station.
- [en] Boyd Island
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