Drescher Inlet, also known as Dreschereisfrontkerbe, is an inlet or iceport in the front Riiser-Larsen Ice Shelf on the coast of Queen Maud Land, Antarctica. Some 25 km long and 3 km wide, it was named after Eberhard Drescher (1944–1983), a marine biologist at Germany's Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research.
Important Bird Area
editA 368 ha site on fast ice near the inlet has been designated an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International because it supports a colony of about 6,600 emperor penguins, the number estimated from 2009 satellite imagery. Weddell seals are also known to breed in the vicinity.[1]
References
edit- ^ "Drescher Inlet (Dreschereisfrontkerbe)". BirdLife Data Zone. BirdLife International. 2015. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
72°49′57″S 19°13′07″W / 72.83250°S 19.21861°W