Humble Island is a small
rock
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island
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lying south-east of
Norsel Point on
Amsler Island
Amsler Island is a small island off the south coast of Anvers Island in the Palmer Archipelago of Antarctica. It sits between Loudwater Cove and Arthur Harbour.
The island is a roughly triangular rocky plot of granite land approximately long ...
, off the south-west coast of
Anvers Island
Anvers Island or Antwerp Island or Antwerpen Island or Isla Amberes is a high, mountainous island long, the largest in the Palmer Archipelago of Antarctica. It was discovered by John Biscoe in 1832 and named in 1898 by the Belgian Antarctic ...
in the
Palmer Archipelago
Palmer Archipelago, also known as Antarctic Archipelago, Archipiélago Palmer, Antarktiske Arkipel or Palmer Inseln, is a group of islands off the northwestern coast of the Antarctic Peninsula.
It extends from Tower Island in the north to Anvers ...
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 contine ...
. Humble Island was surveyed by the
Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey
The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) is the United Kingdom's national polar research institute. It has a dual purpose, to conduct polar science, enabling better understanding of global issues, and to provide an active presence in the Antarctic on ...
(FIDS) in 1955. Humble Island was named by the
United Kingdom Antarctic Place-names Committee
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(UK-APC) in 1956 because the island seems to be squeezed insignificantly between
Litchfield Island
Litchfield Island is a rocky island long and rising to , lying in Arthur Harbour, south of Norsel Point, off the south-west coast of Anvers Island in the Palmer Archipelago of Antarctica.
History
Litchfield Island was surveyed by the Falklan ...
and what was then considered the coast of Anvers Island (now known to be separate Amsler Island).
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Birds
The island formed part of the Northern Arthur Harbour Important Bird Area
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IBA was developed and sites are identified by BirdLife Int ...
(IBA) number 013, identified as such by BirdLife International
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because it supports significant seabird
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breeding colonies.[ The Arthur Harbour IBA was delisted in 2015.]
See also
* List of Antarctic and subantarctic islands
References
Islands of the Palmer Archipelago
Seabird colonies
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