Islote Skua

This article describes the island in the Palmer Archipelago. For the island of the same name in Spanish in the Wilhelm Archipelago, see Skua Island (Antarctica) .

Islote Skua
Waters	Dallmann Bay
Archipelago	Melchior Islands ( Palmer Archipelago , West Antarctica )
Geographical location	64 ° 21 ′  S , 62 ° 57 ′  W Coordinates: 64 ° 21 ′  S , 62 ° 57 ′  W

The Islote Skua ( Spanish ) is a small island in the Palmer Archipelago west of the Antarctic Peninsula . It is the westernmost of the Omikron Islands and is located around 700 m south of the southwestern extension of the Omega Island in the group of the Melchior Islands .

Chilean scientists named it after the Antarctic skua ( Stercorarius maccormicki ), which can be found here in large numbers.

Web links

• Skúa, Islote in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)