East of Nelly Point Important Bird Area

The IBA is an important breeding site for chinstrap penguins

East of Nelly Point Important Bird Area is a 35 ha, ice-free tract of land on the south-eastern coast of Elephant Island, in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica. It is a small, unnamed headland, some 2.5 km east of Nelly Point, which has been referred to unofficially as Chinstrap Camp. The site has been identified as an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International because it supports a large breeding colony of about 24,000 pairs of chinstrap penguins.[1]

References

  1. ^ "East of Nelly Point, Elephant Island". BirdLife data zone: Important Bird Areas. BirdLife International. 2012. Archived from the original on 10 July 2007. Retrieved 16 December 2012.
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Important Bird Areas of Antarctica
Queen Elizabeth Land
  • Berkner Island
Coats Land
  • Coalseam Cliffs
  • Mount Faraway
  • Stewart Buttress
  • Dawson-Lambton Glacier
  • Luitpold Coast
  • Stancomb-Wills Glacier
Queen Maud LandEnderby LandKemp LandMac. Robertson LandPrincess Elizabeth LandQueen Mary LandWilkes LandAdélie LandGeorge V LandOates LandVictoria LandRoss SeaKing Edward VII LandMarie Byrd LandEllsworth LandPalmer LandGraham LandSouth Shetland IslandsSouth Orkney Islands

61°09′S 54°45′W / 61.150°S 54.750°W / -61.150; -54.750


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