Cameron Island is a small island just north of
Hailstorm Island, in the
Swain Islands,
Antarctica
Antarctica () is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and surrounded by the Southern Ocean, it contains the geographic South Pole. Antarctica is the fifth-largest contine ...
. This region was photographed from the air by
U.S. Navy Operation Highjump (1946–47), ANARE (
Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions
The Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE ) is the historical name for the Australian Antarctic Program (AAp) administered for Australia by the Australian Antarctic Division (AAD).
History
Australia has had a long involv ...
) (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
Wilkes Station was an Antarctic research station established 29 January 1957 by the United States as one of seven U.S. stations established for the International Geophysical Year (IGY) program in Antarctica. It was taken over by Australia o ...
, 1957.
Important Bird Area
The island, along with neighbouring
Berkley Island, the intervening sea and smaller islets, has been identified as a 97 ha
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 ...
by
BirdLife International
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because it supports some 14,000 pairs of breeding
Adélie penguin
The Adélie penguin (''Pygoscelis adeliae'') is a species of penguin common along the entire coast of the Antarctic continent, which is the only place where it is found. It is the most widespread penguin species, and, along with the emperor p ...
s (as estimated from January 2011 satellite imagery). It lies about 9 km east of Australia's
Casey Station
Casey Station, commonly called Casey, is one of three permanent stations and research outposts in Antarctica managed by the Australian Antarctic Division (AAD). Casey lies on the northern side of the Bailey Peninsula (Antarctica), Bailey Peninsu ...
.
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See also
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List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands
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Magee Rock
References
External links
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Important Bird Areas of Antarctica
Penguin colonies
Windmill Islands
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