False Round Point is a point west of North Foreland and south of

Ridley Island Ridley Island is an island lying north of False Round Point, 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 ...

, on 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 195 ...

Antarctica Antarctica () is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and surrounded by the Southern Ocean, it contains the geographic South Pole. Antarctica is the fifth-largest co ...

. The point has appeared on charts since about 1822. It was probably named for its similarity to

Round Point Round Point is a point west of False Round Point False Round Point is a point west of North Foreland and south of Ridley Island, on the north coast of King George Island in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica. The point has appeared on ...

, which lies to the west, by

Discovery Investigations The Discovery Investigations were a series of scientific cruises and shore-based investigations into the biology of whales in the Southern Ocean. They were funded by the British Colonial Office and organised by the Discovery Committee in London ...

personnel on the '' Discovery II'' who charted the north coast of this island in 1937.

Important Bird Area

A 125 ha tract of ice-free land, including the headland, 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

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because it supports a large breeding colony of about 50,000 pairs of chinstrap penguins.

References

Headlands of King George Island (South Shetland Islands) Important Bird Areas of Antarctica Penguin colonies {{KingGeorgeIslandAQ-geo-stub