Cape Wollaston
Cape Wollaston is a cape forming the northwest extremity of Trinity Island in the Palmer Archipelago of the British Antarctic Territory.
The name 'Cape Wollaston' was originally applied by the 1828-1831 British scientific expedition of HMS Chanticleer led by Henry Foster. It was named for William H Wollaston, commissioner of the Royal Society on the Board of Longitude, 1818–28, which lent astronomical instruments to Foster's former ship, the Conway, for astronomical and pendulum observations (an objective of the Chanticleer voyage).
Important Bird Area
Cape Wollaston has been identified as an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International because it supports a large breeding colony of about 10,000 pairs of Southern Fulmars. The 129 ha IBA comprises the ice-free land of the cape.
The Cape has an elevation of about 820 feet above sea level.[1]
References
- ↑ "Cape Wollaston, Trinity Island". BirdLife data zone: Important Bird Areas. BirdLife International. 2012. http://www.birdlife.org. Retrieved 2012-12-12.
- Gazetteer and Map of the BAT and SGSSI: Cape Wollaston
Coordinates: 63°40′S 60°47′W / 63.667°S 60.783°W