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Mathewson Point

Mathewson Point

Headland of Antarctica

Mathewson Point is a steep, rocky point at the northern tip of Shepard Island, which lies on the seaward edge of the Getz Ice Shelf in Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. The point, the site of an Adélie penguin rookery, was charted by personnel of the USS Glacier on February 4, 1962, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Lieutenant David S. Mathewson, U.S. Navy, then supply officer of the Glacier.[1]

Adélie penguins breed in the IBA

Important Bird Area

An 80 ha site comprising all the ice-free ground at the point has been designated an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International because it supports about 29,000 breeding pairs of Adélie penguins, as estimated by 2010 satellite imagery.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    "Mathewson Point". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2013-08-28.
  2. [2]
    "Mathewson Point, Shepard Island". BirdLife Data Zone. BirdLife International. 2015. Retrieved 17 November 2020.

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from "Mathewson Point". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.

74°23′S 132°33′W


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