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. This island was known to both American and British sealers as early as 1822, and the name Ridley is well established in internation ...

, on the north coast of King George Island in the

South Shetland Islands The South Shetland Islands are a group of List of Antarctic and subantarctic islands, Antarctic islands located in the Drake Passage with a total area of . They lie about north of the Antarctic Peninsula, and between southwest of the n ...

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

. 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 on the north coast of King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica Antarctica () is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely south ...

, 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 ''Discovery II'', built in 1971, is the second of three Discovery sternwheel riverboats operated by the Riverboat Discovery company. ''Discovery II'' is still in use as a tour vessel on the Chena and Tanana rivers near Fairbanks, Alaska. Hist ...

'' 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 penguin The chinstrap penguin (''Pygoscelis antarcticus'') is a species of penguin that inhabits a variety of islands and shores in the Southern Pacific and the Antarctic Oceans. Its name stems from the narrow black band under its head, which makes it a ...

References

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