False Round Point is a point west of North Foreland and south of
Ridley Island, on the north coast of
King George Island in the
South Shetland Islands
The South Shetland Islands are a group of Antarctic islands with a total area of . They lie about north of the Antarctic Peninsula, and between southwest of the nearest point of the South Orkney Islands. By the Antarctic Treaty of 1 ...
of
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 cont ...
. The point has appeared on charts since about 1822. It was probably named for its similarity to
Round Point Round Point is a point west of False Round Point on the north coast of King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica. Kellick Island lies 2 km to the north-east and Tartar Island
Tartar Island is a small (13 ha), ...
, which lies to the west, by
Discovery Investigations
The Discovery Investigations were a series of scientific cruises and shore-based investigations into the biology of whales in the Southern Ocean. They were funded by the British Colonial Office and organised by the Discovery Committee in London, ...
personnel on the ''
Discovery II'' who charted the north coast of this island in 1937.
Important Bird Area
A 125 ha tract of ice-free land, including the headland, has been identified as an
Important Bird Area (IBA) by
BirdLife International because it supports a large
breeding colony of about 50,000 pairs of
chinstrap penguins.
References
Headlands of King George Island (South Shetland Islands)
Important Bird Areas of Antarctica
Penguin colonies
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