Owen Island in the Antarctic is a small (19 ha), circular, ice-free
island
An island (or isle) is an isolated piece of habitat that is surrounded by a dramatically different habitat, such as water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, skerries, cays or keys. An island ...
lying between
Round Point and
Pottinger Point about 500 m off 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 ...
.
[ It was charted and named in 1935 by DI personnel on the '' Discovery II''.
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Important Bird Area
The island has been identified as an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International because it supports a large breeding colony of about 21,000 pairs of chinstrap penguins.
See also
* List of Antarctic and Subantarctic islands
References
Islands of King George Island (South Shetland Islands)
Important Bird Areas of Antarctica
Penguin colonies
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