Mount Paterson (Antarctica)
Appearance
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Mount Paterson is a pyramidal nunatak, 690 m in height, standing on the eastern side of the Rockefeller Mountains in Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica.[1]
Important Bird Area
A 172 ha site comprising the ice-free parts of the mountain has been designated an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International because it supports an estimated 10,000 breeding pairs of Antarctic petrels, based on a visit made in 1987/88. A small colony of several hundred snow petrels was seen on the steep upper crags of the southernmost peak.[1]
References
- ^ a b "Mount Paterson". BirdLife Data Zone. BirdLife International. 2015. Retrieved 18 November 2020.