Important Bird Area
A site at the south-western extremity of the island, comprising 263 ha of sea ice adjacent to the coast, has been identified as an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International because it supports a breeding colony of about 4000 pairs of Emperor Penguins. It is one of only two such colonies on land in the Antarctic Peninsula region, the other being that at the Dion Islands.
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