Berkley Island

Berkley Island (66°13′S 110°39′E) is an island, 1 km long, which marks the north-eastern end of the Swain Islands. It was first mapped from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946–47, and was included in a survey of the Swain Islands in 1957 by Wilkes Station personnel under Carl R. Eklund. It was named by Eklund for Richard J. Berkley, a geomagnetician with the US-IGY wintering party of 1957 at Wilkes Station.[1]

Berkley Island
Berkley Island is located in Antarctica
Berkley Island
Berkley Island
Location in Antarctica
Geography
Coordinates66°13′S 110°39′E
ArchipelagoSwain Islands
Length1 km (0.6 mi)
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited

Important Bird Area

The island, along with neighbouring Cameron Island, the intervening sea and smaller islets, has been identified as a 97 ha Important Bird Area by BirdLife International because it supports some 14,000 pairs of breeding Adélie penguins (as estimated from January 2011 satellite imagery). It lies about 9 km east of Australia's Casey Station.[2]

See also

References
  1. "Berkley Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2011-06-08.
  2. "Berkeley Island / Cameron Island". BirdLife Data Zone. BirdLife International. 2015. Retrieved 25 October 2020.


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