ÃŽle Saint-Lanne Gramont is an
uninhabited island, the fourth largest island in the
Kerguelen Islands
The Kerguelen Islands ( or ; in French commonly ' but officially ', ), also known as the Desolation Islands (' in French), are a group of islands in the subantarctic, sub-Antarctic region. They are among the Extremes on Earth#Remoteness, most i ...
, situated to the north of Presqu'île de la Société de Géographie, with an area of 45.8 km
2. It reaches 480 m at its highest point and is located at . The island is elongated along a north–south axis, reaching a maximum length of 13 km and a maximum width of 3 km. It is free of
introduced animals.
Important Bird Area
The island, along with the neighbouring, and relatively large, islands of
ÃŽle Foch and
ÃŽle Howe
ÃŽle Howe is one of the islands of the Kerguelen Islands, Kerguelen archipelago, situated to the north of ÃŽle Foch, just after ÃŽle MacMurdo. It is about 8 km in length. Apart from rabbits, it is free of introduced species, introduced anima ...
, as well as the smaller ÃŽle MacMurdo, ÃŽle Briand, ÃŽles Dayman and ÃŽlots Hallet, has been identified by
BirdLife International
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as an
Important Bird Area
An Important Bird and Biodiversity Area (IBA) is an area identified using an internationally agreed set of criteria as being globally important for the conservation of bird populations.
IBA was developed and sites are identified by BirdLife Int ...
(IBA) because of its value as a breeding site, especially for
seabird
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s, with at least 29 species nesting in the IBA.
[BirdLife International. (2012). Important Bird Areas factsheet: ÃŽle Foch, ÃŽle Sainte Lanne Gramont and ÃŽle Howe. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 2012-01-21.]
References
External links
Geoportail - Carte des îles KerguelenWorld of islands - Île Saint-Lanne Gramont
Important Bird Areas of Kerguelen
Saint-Lanne Gramont
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