- Source: Lesser Mackellar Island
Lesser Mackellar Island is a small island immediately northeast of Greater Mackellar Island in the Mackellar Islands of Antarctica, lying 4 kilometres (2 nmi) north of Cape Denison in the center of Commonwealth Bay. It was discovered and named by the Australasian Antarctic Expedition (1911–14) under Douglas Mawson. The name is indicative of the size of the feature in relation to Greater Mackellar Island.
Important Bird Area
The island forms part of the Mackellar Islands Important Bird Area (IBA), identified as such by BirdLife International because it supports large breeding colonies of Adélie penguins.
See also
List of Antarctic and Subantarctic islands
References
External links
This article incorporates public domain material from "Lesser Mackellar Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Lesser Mackellar Island
- List of Antarctic and subantarctic islands
- Berkner Island
- Gardner Island
- Greater Mackellar Island
- Mackellar Islands
- Penguin Island (South Shetland Islands)
- Petermann Island
- Signy Island
- Sturge Island
