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Edwards Islands (Canisteo Peninsula)

Coordinates: 73°53′00″S 103°08′00″W / 73.88333°S 103.13333°W / -73.88333; -103.13333
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Edwards Islands
Adélie penguins breed on the islands
Edwards Islands is located in Antarctica
Edwards Islands
Edwards Islands
Location in Antarctica
Geography
LocationMarie Byrd Land, Antarctica
Coordinates73°53′00″S 103°08′00″W / 73.88333°S 103.13333°W / -73.88333; -103.13333
Total islands20
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited

The Edwards Islands are a group of about 20 small islands, mostly ice free in summer, lying off the south-western tip of the Canisteo Peninsula, which projects into the eastern Amundsen Sea between Cranton and Ferrero Bays, on the Walgreen Coast of Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica.[1] They were plotted from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Squadron VX-6 in January 1960, and were named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Z T Edwards, chief quartermaster on the USS Glacier during the U.S. Navy Bellingshausen Sea Expedition to this area in February 1960.[2][3]

Important Bird Area

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A 178 ha site, comprising the larger ice-free islands of the Edwards group and the intervening marine area, has been designated an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International because it supports a breeding colony of about 58,000 Adélie penguins, estimated from 2010 satellite imagery.[1]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Edwards Islands". BirdLife Data Zone. BirdLife International. 2015. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
  2. ^ "Edwards Islands". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2012-02-25.
  3. ^ "Edwards Islands". Gna-GeographicNamesOfTheAntarctic1stEdition1981_djvu. p. 606. Retrieved 2012-02-25.
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