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Not to be confused with Inaccessible Island

The Inaccessible Islands are a group of small, precipitous islands ranging from 390 feet to 705 feet high, and which are the westernmost features of the South Orkney Islands, in the British Antarctic Territory. These islands lie 12½ miles west of Coronation Island.

The Inaccessible Islands were discovered in December 1821 by Captain George Powell, a British sealer in the sloop James Monroe, though it is possible they are the "Seal Islands" seen by Nathaniel Palmer a year earlier. The islands were so named by Powell because of their appearance of inaccessibility.

Important Bird Area

The islands have been identified as an Important Bird Area by BirdLife International because they support a large breeding colony of southern fulmars (50,000 pairs). Other birds nesting at the site include chinstrap penguins (1000 pairs) and imperial shags (100 pairs).[1]

Location

References

  1. Inaccessible Islands IBA: BirdLife International
The South Orkney Islands, in the British Antarctic Territory

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