Adélie penguins breed in the IBA

Caughley Beach is the northernmost beach on the ice-free coast south-west of Cape Bird, Ross Island, Antarctica. It was mapped by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition, 1958–59, and named for Graeme Caughley, biologist with the party that visited Cape Bird. New College Valley, Antarctic Specially Protected Area (ASPA) No.116, lies above the beach.[1]

Important Bird Area

A 103 ha site at Caughley Beach has been designated an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International because it supports a colony of about 40,000 breeding pairs of Adélie penguins, the largest of three at Cape Bird.[2]

References

  1. ^ "New College Valley, Caughley Beach, Cape Bird, Ross Island" (PDF). Management Plan for Antarctic Specially Protected Area No. 116: Measure 1, Annex A. Antarctic Treaty Secretariat. 2006. Retrieved 2013-03-11.
  2. ^ "Caughley Beach". BirdLife Data Zone. BirdLife International. 2015. Retrieved 29 October 2020.

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77°13′S 166°26′E / 77.217°S 166.433°E / -77.217; 166.433


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