Île Saint-Lanne Gramont is an
uninhabited island
A desert island, deserted island, or uninhabited island, is an island, islet or atoll that is not permanently populated by humans. Uninhabited islands are often depicted in films or stories about shipwrecked people, and are also used as stereotype ...
, the fourth largest island in the
Kerguelen Islands, situated to the north of Presqu'île de la Société de Géographie, with an area of 45.8 km
2. It reaches 480 m at its highest point and is located at . The island is elongated along a north–south axis, reaching a maximum length of 13 km and a maximum width of 3 km. It is free of
introduced animals.
Important Bird Area
The island, along with the neighbouring, and relatively large, islands of
Île Foch
Île Foch is one of the Kerguelen Islands situated near to the north coast of Grande Terre, the principal island.
It is separated from this main island by a narrow sea arm, the Tucker strait. It borders Île Saint-Lanne Gramont at the northwes ...
and
Île Howe
Île Howe is one of the islands of the Kerguelen archipelago, situated to the north of Île Foch, just after Île MacMurdo. It is about 8 km in length. Apart from rabbits, it is free of introduced animals.
Important Bird Area
The island ...
, as well as the smaller Île MacMurdo, Île Briand, Îles Dayman and Îlots Hallet, has been identified by
BirdLife International as an
Important Bird Area (IBA) because of its value as a breeding site, especially for
seabird
Seabirds (also known as marine birds) are birds that are adapted to life within the marine environment. While seabirds vary greatly in lifestyle, behaviour and physiology, they often exhibit striking convergent evolution, as the same enviro ...
s, with at least 29 species nesting in the IBA.
[BirdLife International. (2012). Important Bird Areas factsheet: Île Foch, Île Sainte Lanne Gramont and Île Howe. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 2012-01-21.]
References
External links
Geoportail - Carte des îles KerguelenWorld of islands - Île Saint-Lanne Gramont
Important Bird Areas of Kerguelen
Saint-Lanne Gramont
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