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Cameron Island, Antarctica

Coordinates: 66°13′S 110°36′E / 66.217°S 110.600°E / -66.217; 110.600
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Cameron Island
Cameron Island is located in Antarctica
Cameron Island
Cameron Island
Location in Antarctica
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates66°13′S 110°36′E / 66.217°S 110.600°E / -66.217; 110.600
ArchipelagoSwain Islands
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited

Cameron Island is a small island just north of Hailstorm Island, in the Swain Islands, Antarctica. This region was photographed from the air by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump (1946–47), ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) (1956), and the Soviet expedition (1956). The island was included in a 1957 ground survey by C.R. Eklund, who named it for Richard L. Cameron, chief glaciologist at Wilkes Station, 1957.

Important Bird Area

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The island, along with neighbouring Berkley Island, the intervening sea and smaller islets, has been identified as a 97 ha Important Bird Area by BirdLife International because it supports some 14,000 pairs of breeding Adélie penguins (as estimated from January 2011 satellite imagery). It lies about 9 km east of Australia's Casey Station.[1]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Berkeley Island / Cameron Island". BirdLife Data Zone. BirdLife International. 2015. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
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