Gourdin Island

Gourdin Island
Geography
Location in Antarctica
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	63°12′S 57°18′W / 63.200°S 57.300°W / -63.200; -57.300Coordinates: 63°12′S 57°18′W / 63.200°S 57.300°W / -63.200; -57.300
Country
None
Demographics
Population	Uninhabited
Additional information
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System

Gourdin Island is the largest island (124 ha) in a group of islands and rocks 2 km (1 nmi) north of Prime Head, the northern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula. It was discovered by a French expedition, 1837–40, under Captain Jules Dumont d'Urville, and named by him for Ensign Jean Gourdin of the expedition ship Astrolabe. The island was reidentified and charted by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey in 1945–47.^[1]^[2]

Important Bird Area

The island has been identified as an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International because it supports a large breeding colony of about 14,000 pairs of Adélie penguins, as well as over 550 pairs of gentoo penguins.^[3]

References

↑ "Gourdin Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-05-02.
↑ Alberts, Fred G., ed. (June 1995). Geographic Names of the Antarctic (PDF) (second ed.). United States Board on Geographic Names. p. 288. Retrieved 2012-04-05.
↑ "Gourdin Island". BirdLife data zone: Important Bird Areas. BirdLife International. 2013. Retrieved 2013-01-01.

This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Gourdin Island" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).

Important Bird Areas of Antarctica

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South Shetlands	Admiralty Bay Ardley Island Aspland Island Baily Head Barnard Point Byers Peninsula Cape Bowles Cape Garry Cape Hooker Cape Lookout Cape Melville Cape Shirreff Cape Wallace Chinstrap Cove Davey Point Eadie Island East of Nelly Point Escarpada Point False Round Point Fur Seal Point Gibbs Island Half Moon Island Harmony Point Heywood Island Jameson Point Kellick Island Lions Rump Milosz Point Mount Elder North Foreland O'Brien Island Owen Island Penguin Island Point Wordie Potter Peninsula Pottinger Point Saddleback Point Seal Islands Stigant Point Stinker Point Tartar Island Vapour Col Yankee Harbour

South Orkneys	Atriceps Island Buchanan Point Cape Davidson Cape Geddes Cape Hansen Cape Robertson Cape Whitson Cheal Point Christoffersen Island Eillium Island Ferguslie Peninsula Ferrier Peninsula Fraser Point Fredriksen Island Gibbon Bay Gosling Islands Graptolite Island Grey Island Inaccessible Islands Larsen Islands Matthews Island Michelsen Island Moe Island Moreton Point Pirie Peninsula Point Martin Return Point Robertson Islands Signy Island Skilling Island Southern Powell Island Watson Peninsula

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Gourdin Island

Important Bird Area

See also

References