Data Zone
Country/territory: Antarctica
IBA criteria met: A4iii (2015)
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Area: 121 ha
Site description (2015 baseline)
Mandible Cirque is situated on the southern coast of Daniell Peninsula, on the Borchgrevink Coast of northern Victoria Land, ~ 8 km southwest of Cape Phillips.
The IBA qualifies on the basis of the large Adélie Penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) colony breeding on ice-free ground adjacent to Mandible Cirque.
The nearest permanent stations are Mario Zucchelli (ITA) and Jang Bogo (KOR), ~240 km to the southwest in Terra Nova Bay.
Key biodiversity
A mean of 16 837 breeding pairs of Adélie Penguin was reported over 3 seasons sampled between 1981 and 2012 (Lyver et al. 2014). Information on other bird species at the site is not available.
Non-bird biodiversity: None known.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Mandible Cirque (Antarctica). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/mandible-cirque-iba-antarctica on 29/11/2024.