Klung Island

67°33′S 62°59′E / 67.550°S 62.983°E / -67.550; 62.983ArchipelagoKlung IslandsLength0.8 km (0.5 mi)Width0.7 km (0.43 mi)Highest elevation43 m (141 ft)AdministrationAdministered under the Antarctic Treaty SystemDemographicsPopulationUninhabited

Klung Island is the largest island of the Klung Islands lying in Holme Bay, Mac. Robertson Land, Antarctica. It was mapped by Norwegian cartographers from aerial photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936–37, as part of Klungholmane ('bramble islands'), and was named by the Antarctic Names Committee of Australia after the Klung Islands.^[1]

Important Bird Area

A 415 ha site comprising Klung Island, neighbouring Welch Island, and the intervening smaller islands and marine area, has been designated an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International because it supports about 36,000 breeding pairs of Adélie penguins, based on 2012 satellite imagery. Snow petrels breed on high ground on the islands.^[2]

See also

• List of Antarctic and Subantarctic islands

References

External links

•  This article incorporates public domain material from "Klung Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.