Jump to content

Cape Roget

Coordinates: 71°59′17″S 170°36′04″E / 71.98806°S 170.60111°E / -71.98806; 170.60111
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Monkbot (talk | contribs) at 02:18, 18 December 2020 (Task 18 (cosmetic): eval 1 template: del empty params (1×);). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Emperor penguins breed in the IBA

Cape Roget is a steep rock cape at the southern end of the east coast of the Adare Peninsula, marking the northern side of the entrance to Moubray Bay, in northern Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was discovered in 1841 by Captain James Clark Ross, who named it for Peter Mark Roget, British physician, lexicographer and Secretary of the Royal Society.

Important Bird Area

A 371 ha site of sea ice at the northern entrance to Moubray Bay has been designated an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International because it supports a colony of about 9,000 breeding pairs of emperor penguins (estimated from 2009 satellite imagery).[1]

References

  1. ^ "Cape Roget". BirdLife Data Zone. BirdLife International. 2015. Retrieved 28 October 2020.

71°59′17″S 170°36′04″E / 71.98806°S 170.60111°E / -71.98806; 170.60111