Penguin cap

Penguin cap
Geographical location
Coordinates	64 ° 18 ′  S , 56 ° 43 ′  W Coordinates: 64 ° 18 ′  S , 56 ° 43 ′  W
location	Seymour Island ( Ross Islands , West Antarctica )
Waters	Weddell Sea
Waters 2	Erebus and Terror Golf

The penguin cape , English Penguin Point , is a headland in the center of the south coast of Seymour Island off the north east coast of the Antarctic Peninsula . It is located southeast of James Ross Island on the southern edge of the Erebus and Terror Gulf .

Participants in the British Antarctic Expedition (1839–1843) led by James Clark Ross probably first sighted the headland. The Norwegian Carl Anton Larsen carried out a rough mapping on his Antarctic voyage with the Jason (1892-1894). A new mapping was carried out during the Swedish Antarctic Expedition (1901-1903) under the direction of Otto Nordenskjöld . He named the headland after the local colony of Adelie penguins . In the Antarctic summer 2009/2010 the number of breeding pairs was estimated at 16,000, which is why BirdLife International has designated the penguin cape as an Important Bird Area (AQ070).

Web links

• Penguin Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
• Penguin Point on geographic.org (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Otto Nordenskjöld: Scientific results of the Swedish south polar expedition 1901-1903 . Vol. 1, Delivery 1: The Swedish South Polar Expedition and its geographic activity (p. 280), Lithographic Institute of the General Staff, Stockholm 1911
2. ↑ Penguin Point, Seymour Island (AQ070) in the Data Zone at BirdLife International, accessed on July 22, 2018 (English).