Cape Wadworth is the northern extremity of

Coulman Island Coulman Island is an ice-covered island in the Ross Sea, located southeast of Cape Jones, Victoria Land, Antarctica. It is long, wide and in elevation. Emperor penguins inhabit this island. It was discovered in 1841 by Sir James Clark Ross ...

, in the Ross Sea just off Victoria Land. Discovered 17 January 1841 by

Sir James Clark Ross Sir James Clark Ross (15 April 1800 – 3 April 1862) was a British Royal Navy officer and polar explorer known for his explorations of the Arctic, participating in two expeditions led by his uncle John Ross, and four led by William Edwa ...

who named it to compliment his wife's uncle, Robert John Coulman of Wadworth Hall, Doncaster.

Historic site

A message post was placed at the cape by Robert Falcon Scott on 15 January 1902. It consisted of a metal cylinder nailed to a red pole erected 8 m above sea level. The rocks behind the post were painted red and white to make it more conspicuous. The site has been designated a Historic Site or Monument (HSM 70), following a proposal by New Zealand, Norway and the United Kingdom to the

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Important Bird Area

A 415 ha site of sea ice about 5 km south-west of the cape has 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

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because it supports a colony of about 25,000

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 (estimated from 2009 satellite imagery).

References

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* Important Bird Areas of Antarctica Penguin colonies Historic Sites and Monuments of Antarctica Wadworth, Cape Wadworth, Cape {{BorchgrevinkCoast-geo-stub