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A 50&nbsp;ha site comprising a rocky headland rising to 250&nbsp;m, at the south-western extremity of the island, has been designated an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International because it supports a breeding colony of about 200 pairs of Imperial Shags.  Chinstrap Penguins also nest at the site.<ref name=bli>{{cite web |url=http://www.birdlife.org |title=Trinity Island southwest|accessdate=2013-01-20 |work=BirdLife data zone: Important Bird Areas |first=|last=|publisher=BirdLife International |year=2013}}</ref>  Another IBA on the island is [[Cape Wollaston]] at its north-western extremity.
 
A 50&nbsp;ha site comprising a rocky headland rising to 250&nbsp;m, at the south-western extremity of the island, has been designated an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International because it supports a breeding colony of about 200 pairs of Imperial Shags.  Chinstrap Penguins also nest at the site.<ref name=bli>{{cite web |url=http://www.birdlife.org |title=Trinity Island southwest|accessdate=2013-01-20 |work=BirdLife data zone: Important Bird Areas |first=|last=|publisher=BirdLife International |year=2013}}</ref>  Another IBA on the island is [[Cape Wollaston]] at its north-western extremity.
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Revision as of 11:41, 15 May 2020

Trinity Island

Palmer Archipelago
(British Antarctic Territory)

Location

Trinity Island

Data

Trinity Island is an island 15 miles long and 6 miles wide amongst the Palmer Archipelago, off the coast of Graham Land. It is part of the British Antarctic Territory. Trinity Island lies 23 miles east of Hoseason Island in the northern part of the archipelago.

Trinity was named by Otto Nordenskiöld, leader of the Swedish Antarctic Expedition (1901-1904) in commemoration of Edward Bransfield's "Trinity Land" of 1820.

Important Bird Areas

A 50 ha site comprising a rocky headland rising to 250 m, at the south-western extremity of the island, has been designated an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International because it supports a breeding colony of about 200 pairs of Imperial Shags. Chinstrap Penguins also nest at the site.[1] Another IBA on the island is Cape Wollaston at its north-western extremity.

Location

References

  1. "Trinity Island southwest". BirdLife data zone: Important Bird Areas. BirdLife International. 2013. http://www.birdlife.org. Retrieved 2013-01-20. 
The Palmer Archipelago, British Antarctic Territory

Abbott IslandAnvers IslandAuguste IslandBob IslandBrabant IslandBremen IslandBuff IslandChionis IslandChristiania IslandsChukovezer IslandCobalcescou IslandCormorant IslandDavis IslandDink IslandDoumer IslandDream IslandEmen IslandFridtjof IslandGand IslandHalfway IslandHermit IslandHoseason IslandHumble IslandImelin IslandJanus IslandKalotina IslandLapteva IslandLecointe IslandLitchfield IslandLiège IslandMasteyra IslandMelchior IslandsOhlin IslandPabellon IslandPampa IslandPetrelik IslandRaklitsa IslandRogulyat IslandSoatris IslandSpert IslandSpume IslandTemenuga IslandTetrad IslandsTorgersen IslandTower IslandTrebishte IslandTrinity IslandTripod IslandTwo Hummock IslandVázquez IslandVromos IslandWalsham RocksWiencke IslandYoke IslandZigzag Island