# Avian Island

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Island in Antarctica

Avian Island Avian Island Location in Antarctica Geography Location Antarctica Coordinates 67°46′15″S 68°53′10″W / 67.770876°S 68.886246°W / -67.770876; -68.886246 Administration Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System Demographics Population Uninhabited

**Avian Island** is an [island](/source/Island), 1.2 km (0.7 mi) long and 40 metres (130 ft) high, lying close off the south tip of [Adelaide Island](/source/Adelaide_Island), [Antarctica](/source/Antarctica). It was discovered by the [French Antarctic Expedition](/source/French_Antarctic_Expedition), 1908–10, under [Jean-Baptiste Charcot](/source/Jean-Baptiste_Charcot), and visited in 1948 by the [Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey](/source/Falkland_Islands_Dependencies_Survey), who so named it because of the large number and variety of birds ([avians](/source/Avians)) found there.

## Birds

The island has been identified as an [Important Bird Area](/source/Important_Bird_Area) by [BirdLife International](/source/BirdLife_International) because it supports a large [breeding colony](/source/Bird_colony) of [Adélie penguins](/source/Ad%C3%A9lie_penguin) (35,000 pairs), as well as [imperial shags](/source/Imperial_shag) (670 pairs), [south polar skuas](/source/South_polar_skua) (880 pairs), [southern giant petrels](/source/Southern_giant_petrel) (250 pairs), [kelp gulls](/source/Kelp_gull) and [Wilson's storm petrels](/source/Wilson's_storm_petrel). It also holds the southernmost record of breeding [brown skuas](/source/Brown_skua).[1] The island is protected as [Antarctic Specially Protected Area](/source/Antarctic_Specially_Protected_Area) (ASPA) No.117 for its outstanding ornithological significance.[2]

## Skeen Rocks

To the south are **Skeen Rocks**, ([67°47′S 68°54′W / 67.783°S 68.900°W / -67.783; -68.900](https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Avian_Island&params=67_47_S_68_54_W_)), two rocks which were named by the [United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee](/source/United_Kingdom_Antarctic_Place-Names_Committee) (UK-APC) for Lieutenant [Michael G.C. Skeen](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Michael_G.C._Skeen&action=edit&redlink=1), [Royal Navy](/source/Royal_Navy), officer in charge of the helicopter flight, HMS charting this area in 1961–63.[3]

## See also

- [List of Antarctic and subantarctic islands](/source/List_of_Antarctic_and_subantarctic_islands)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-bli_1-0)** ["Avian Island"](https://web.archive.org/web/20070710124603/http://www.birdlife.org/). *BirdLife data zone: Important Bird Areas*. BirdLife International. 2012. Archived from [the original](http://www.birdlife.org) on 10 July 2007. Retrieved 9 December 2012.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-ats_2-0)** ["Avian Island, Marguerite Bay, Antarctic Peninsula"](http://www.ats.aq/documents/recatt/Att180_e.pdf) (PDF). *Management Plan for Antarctic Specially Protected Area No. 117: Measure 1*. Antarctic Treaty Secretariat. 2002. Retrieved 12 June 2013.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Skeen Rocks"](https://web.archive.org/web/20210602220202/https://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=gnispq:5:::NO::P5_ANTAR_ID:13933). USGS. Archived from [the original](https://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=gnispq:5:::NO::P5_ANTAR_ID:13933) on 2 June 2021. Retrieved 25 October 2023.

This article incorporates [public domain material](https://www.usgs.gov/information-policies-and-instructions/copyrights-and-credits) from ["Avian Island"](https://web.archive.org/web/2020/https://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=gnispq:5:::NO::P5_ANTAR_ID:774). *[Geographic Names Information System](/source/Geographic_Names_Information_System)*. [United States Geological Survey](/source/United_States_Geological_Survey).

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v t e Adelaide Island Stations and bases Rothera Research Station Teniente Luis Carvajal Villaroel Antarctic Base Hills, peaks, and nunatuks Mount Barre Mount Bodys Mount Bouvier Bond Nunatak Dewar Nunatak Mount Ditte Mount Gaudry Hunt Peak Lincoln Nunatak Mount Liotard Mount Machatschek Mount Mangin Mount Reeves Sighing Peak Stokes Peaks Mount Velain Visser Hill Glaciers Horton Glacier Hurley Glacier Shambles Glacier Sheldon Glacier Sloman Glacier Turner Glacier Other inland features Back Cirque Blümcke Knoll Buchia Buttress Fletcher Bluff McCallum Pass Milestone Bluff Reptile Ridge Stork Ridge Window Buttress Wright Peninsula Coastal features Adelaide Anchorage Fuchs Ice Piedmont Hanusse Bay Laubeuf Fjord Marguerite Bay Ryder Bay Stonehouse Bay Wormald Ice Piedmont Off-shore Islands Amiot Islands Anchorage Island Avian Island Brockhamp Islands Chatos Islands Cono Island Dion Islands Embassy Islands Esplin Islands Ginger Islands Guébriant Islands Henkes Islands Jenny Island Killingbeck Island Kirsty Island Koechlin Island Lagoon Island Léonie Island Léonie Islands Limpet Island Mikkelsen Islands Rigsby Islands Rocca Islands Sillard Islands Solitario Island Sorge Island Steinemann Island Ward Islands Webb Island Reefs and banks Box Reef Consul Reef Cox Reef Cumbers Reef Ives Bank Jennings Reef Lord Bank Regent Reef Rocks Cavalier Rock Cenobite Rocks Envoy Rock Fitton Rock Fullastern Rock Glover Rocks Hibbert Rock Launch Rock League Rock Mission Rock Nueva Rock Outlaw Rock Patience Rocks Skeen Rocks Sorpresa Rock Straits Barlas Channel Buchanan Passage Cole Channel Crosse Passage Elliott Passage The Gullet Johnston Passage Matha Strait Quest Channel Tickle Channel Woodfield Channel

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