Ambush Bay (Antarctica)
| Ambush Bay | ||
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 Joinville Island (center) with the V-shaped Ambush Bay (center right) |
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| Waters | Bransfield Street | |
| Land mass | Joinville Island ( Joinville Islands , West Antarctica ) | |
| Geographical location | 63 ° 10 ′ 59 ″ S , 55 ° 27 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| width | 5.5 km | |
| Islands | Ofelia Island | |
The Ambush Bay (literally ambush Bay ) is a bay on the north coast of the Antarctic Joinville Island . It is located immediately southeast of King Point and west of Dalrymple Point .
A 69 hectare ice-free area on the eastern coast of the bay is designated by BirdLife International as an Important Bird Area (AQ061). The reason for this is a colony of Adelie penguins discovered in 1978 . Based on satellite photos from 2011, the number of breeding pairs was estimated at 17,600.
The Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey mapped it in 1953. The bay is a trap for the unwary who do not see its shallows. This is what gave it its name.
Web links
- Ambush Bay in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Ambush Bay on geographic.org (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ambush Bay, Joinville Island (AQ061) , datasheet on the BirdLife International website, accessed July 24, 2018.