Dodman Island is an island 6.5 km (4.0 mi) long, lying 7.4 km (4.6 mi) south-east of Rabot Island and 18.5 km (11.5 mi) west of Ferin Head, off the west coast of Graham Land, Antarctica. The island was charted and named by the British Graham Land Expedition, 1934–37, under John Rymill.[1]
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Important Bird Area
editA small (12 ha) island lying about 2.5 km to the north of Dodman has been identified as an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International because it supports a breeding colony of Antarctic shags, with 163 pairs recorded there in 1984.[2]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Dodman Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 22 January 2012.
- ^ "Island north of Dodman Island". BirdLife data zone: Important Bird Areas. BirdLife International. 2013. Archived from the original on 10 July 2007. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
This article incorporates public domain material from "Dodman Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
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