Penguin in Antarctica jumping out of the water

Luitpold Coast (german: Prinzregent-Luitpold-Land) is that portion of the coast of

Coats Land Coats Land is a region in Antarctica which lies westward of Queen Maud Land and forms the eastern shore of the Weddell Sea, extending in a general northeast–southwest direction between 20°00′W and 36°00′W. The northeast part was discove ...

extending from the vicinity of

Hayes Glacier Hayes Glacier in Antarctica enters the southeast part of the Weddell Sea about west-southwest of Dawson-Lambton Glacier. It was discovered in the course of a U.S. Navy LC-130 plane flight over the Caird Coast on November 5, 1967, and was plot ...

, at 27°54′W, to 36°W, which is regarded as the eastern limit of the

Filchner Ice Shelf Wilhelm Filchner (13 September 1877 – 7 May 1957) was a German army officer, scientist and explorer. He conducted several surveys and scientific investigations in China, Tibet and surrounding regions, and led the Second German Antarctic Expeditio ...

. It was discovered by

Wilhelm Filchner Wilhelm Filchner (13 September 1877 – 7 May 1957) was a German army officer, scientist and explorer. He conducted several surveys and scientific investigations in China, Tibet and surrounding regions, and led the Second German Antarctic Expeditio ...

, leader of the

Second German Antarctic Expedition The Second German Antarctic Expedition of 1911–1913 was led by Wilhelm Filchner in the exploration ship . Its principal objective was to determine whether the Antarctic continent comprised a single landmass rather than separated elements, and i ...

, 1911–12, and named after

Luitpold, Prince Regent of Bavaria ''Leopold Charles Joseph William Louis'' , image_size = , image = Luitpold Wittelsbach cropped.jpg , succession = Prince Regent of Bavaria , reign = 10 June 1886 – 12 December 1912 , reign-type = Tenure , regent = Ludw ...

Important Bird Area

A 500 ha site on fast ice some 50 km north-east of the

, where icebergs regularly calve from the continental margin, has also been designated 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) by

BirdLife International BirdLife International is a global partnership of non-governmental organizations that strives to conserve birds and their habitats. BirdLife International's priorities include preventing extinction of bird species, identifying and safeguarding ...

because it supports a breeding colony of about 6,500

emperor penguin The emperor penguin (''Aptenodytes forsteri'') is the tallest and heaviest of all living penguin species and is endemic to Antarctica. The male and female are similar in plumage and size, reaching in length and weighing from . Feathers of th ...

s, an estimate based on 2009 satellite imagery.

Virgen de las Nieves Refuge

Virgen de las Nieves Refuge () is an Argentine Antarctic refuge located on the Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf on the Luitpold Coast 150 kilometres south of the

Belgrano I Base Belgrano I Base ( es, Base Belgrano I) was a permanent, all year-round Argentine Antarctic base and scientific research station, located on Piedrabuena Bay on the Filchner Ice Shelf. It was named after General Manuel Belgrano, one of the Libert ...

. The refuge is administered by the

Argentine Army The Argentine Army ( es, Ejército Argentino, EA) is the land force branch of the Armed Forces of the Argentine Republic and the senior military service of Argentina. Under the Argentine Constitution, the president of Argentina is the commander- ...

and was opened on 2 December 1958 and is under the base Belgrano II. The refuge was built in the Argentine Antarctic campaign of 1958–1959 under the supervision of Lieutenant Colonel

Jorge De Marzi Jorge is a Spanish and Portuguese given name. It is derived from the Greek name Γεώργιος (''Georgios'') via Latin ''Georgius''; the former is derived from (''georgos''), meaning "farmer" or "earth-worker". The Latin form ''Georgius'' ...

and Major

Pedro Arcondo Pedro is a masculine given name. Pedro is the Spanish, Portuguese, and Galician name for ''Peter''. Its French equivalent is Pierre while its English and Germanic form is Peter. The counterpart patronymic surname of the name Pedro, meaning " ...

. At the time, it was the southernmost Antarctic refuge of Argentina, more to the south of Refuge Santa Bárbara and the old

Sobral Base Sobral Scientific Base ( es, Base de Avanzada Científica de Ejército Alférez de Fragata Sobral, or simply ''Base Científica Sobral'' or ''Base Sobral'') was a permanent, all year-round and now only partially active Argentine Antarctic base a ...

. The name of the refuge refers to Our Lady of the Snows.

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* Important Bird Areas of Antarctica Penguin colonies Coasts of Antarctica Landforms of Coats Land Argentine Antarctica British Antarctic Territory Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf {{CoatsLand-geo-stub

Important Bird Area

Virgen de las Nieves Refuge

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