Cape Batterbee is a small, rocky point on the coast, the most northerly cape of
Enderby Land. It is located 92 km north of
Mount Elkins.
Discovery and naming
Cape Batterbee was discovered by
BANZARE
The British Australian (and) New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE) was a research expedition into Antarctica between 1929 and 1931, involving two voyages over consecutive Austral summers. It was a British Commonwealth initiative, dr ...
(1929–31) on 13 January 1930. Named by
Sir Douglas Mawson after Sir Henry Fagg Batterbee, Assistant Secretary of the
Dominions Office,
London, at the time of the expedition.
Important Bird Area
A 151 ha site comprising the cape, a nearby offshore island and the intervening sea ice has been identified as 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 some 31,000 breeding pairs of
Adélie penguin
The Adélie penguin (''Pygoscelis adeliae'') is a species of penguin common along the entire coast of the Antarctic continent, which is the only place where it is found. It is the most widespread penguin species, and, along with the emperor p ...
s (as estimated from 2011 satellite imagery).
See also
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Aagaard Islands
Aagaard Islands also known as Bjarne Aagaard Islands or Ostrova B'yarne-Ogor, are a group of small islands lying to the west of Proclamation Island and Cape Batterbee, near the coast of Antarctica in the Southern Ocean. They were discovered in ...
, group of small islands to the west of Cape Batterbee
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History of Antarctica
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List of Antarctic expeditions
This list of Antarctic expeditions is a chronological list of expeditions involving Antarctica. Although the existence of a southern continent had been hypothesized as early as the writings of Ptolemy in the 1st century AD, the South Pole was no ...
References
External links
Australian Antarctic DivisionAustralian Antarctic GazetteerScientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)PDF Map of the Australian Antarctic TerritoryUnited States Geological Survey, Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)
Important Bird Areas of Antarctica
Penguin colonies
Batterbee
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