Fredriksen Island
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Fredriksen Island is an island three miles long and half a mile wide lying haldf a mile to the south-east of Powell Island in the South Orkney Islands of the British Antarctic Territory.
The island was discovered and roughly chartered by Captains Nathaniel Palmer and George Powell (from whom the Palmer Archipelago and Powell Island are named respectively) in the course of their joint cruise in December 1821. It was rechartered by the Norwegian whaling captain Petter Sørlle, who made a running survey of the island in the summer of 1912–13, and named by him Fredriksens Ø. The anme 'Fredriksen Island' was settled following a survey by Discovery Investigations in 1933.
In 1967, the island was designated as part of Special Protection Area SPA No. 15 under the Antarctic Treaty.
Important Bird Area
The island lies within an Antarctic Specially Protected Area. It is also part of the 'Southern Powell Island and adjacent islands Important Bird Area' identified as such by BirdLife International because it supports significant seabird breeding colonies.[1]
References
- ↑ Southern Powell Island and adjacent islands IBA: BirdLife International
- Gazetteer and Map of The British Antarctic Territory: Fredriksen Island