George Island
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| Waters | South Atlantic | |
| Archipelago | Falkland Islands | |
| Geographical location | 52 ° 20 ′ 48 ″ S , 59 ° 44 ′ 59 ″ W | |
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| surface | 24 km² | |
| Highest elevation | 18 m | |
George Island ( Spanish : Isla Jorge ) is one of the Falkland Islands . It is south of Speedwell Island and northeast of Barren Island . The island is flat and has a few ponds.
There is a farm on George Island. Most of the island is used as a sheep pasture . It is known for its Magellanic penguin colonies . Its populations of giant petrels , Falkland wrens , dark shearwaters , monochrome bank rockers , Falkland steamship ducks and red-headed geese are also significant . Together with the other islands of the Speedwell Group, it is designated by BirdLife International as an Important Bird Area (FK16).
George Island is occasionally visited by crusaders .
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Falkland Islands Important Bird Areas (PDF; 746 kB) at www.falklandsconservation.com (English) ( Memento from September 28, 2011 in the Internet Archive )