Danger Islands

Not to be confused with Danger Island.

Danger Islands

Location in Antarctica
Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates
Country
None
Demographics
Population	Uninhabited
Additional information
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System

The islands are an important breeding site for Adelie Pernguins

The Danger Islands are a group of islands lying 24 km (13 nmi) east-south-east of Joinville Island. They were discovered on 28 December 1842 by a British expedition under James Clark Ross, who so named them because, appearing among heavy fragments of ice, they were almost completely concealed until the ship was nearly upon them.

Important Bird Area

The Danger Islands group has been identified as an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International because it supports large numbers of Adelie penguins, with about 300,000 nests having been recorded in at least five distinct colonies. Other birds thought to breed in the group include gentoo penguins, snowy sheathbills, kelp gulls and Antarctic shags.

See also

• List of Antarctic and subantarctic islands

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Danger Islands" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).