Barnard Point
Barnard Point is a headland which marks the south-east side of the entrance to False Bay on the south side of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It is situated on Rozhen Peninsula, Script error: No such module "convert". north-north-west of Botev Point and Script error: No such module "convert". south-east of Miers Bluff (British mapping in 1968, and Bulgarian in 2005 and 2009).
History
The point was known to sealers as early as 1822. The name was applied about a century later, probably after Mount Barnard (now Mount Friesland) which surmounts it to the north-east. Charles H. Barnard, captain of the ship Charity of New York, was a sealer in the South Shetlands in 1820–21.[1]
Important Bird Area
The site has been identified as an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International because it supports a large breeding colony of chinstrap penguins (13,000 pairs), as well as about 30 pairs of southern giant petrels. The 175 ha IBA comprises the ice-free area at the point, which rises to a height of over 250 m at its easternmost extent.[2]
Maps
- L.L. Ivanov et al. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Sofia: Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria, 2005.
- L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009. Template:ISBN
Notes
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- ↑ Stackpole, E. 1955. The American Sealers and the Discovery of the Continent of Antarctica: The voyage of the Huron and the Huntress. Mystic, Connecticut. 86 pp.
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References
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