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Site description (2015 baseline):
Site location and context
Bluff Island (also known as Murray Island) is located in Hughes Bay, Gerlache Strait, 500 m from the Danco Coast on the western Antarctic Peninsula. The IBA qualifies on the basis of the Imperial Shag (
Phalacrocorax [
atriceps]
bransfieldensis) colony present and comprises the ice free area on a peninsula on the northern coast of Bluff Island.
The nearest permanent station is Primavera (ARG), located ~36 km to the northeast.
Approximately 180 breeding pairs of Imperial Shag were recorded on the western coast of a small peninsula at the north of Bluff Island in 1989 (unpublished data S. Poncet pers. comm. 2005). Information on other bird species present at the site is not available.
Non-bird biodiversity: None known.
Pressure/threats to key biodiversity
None known.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Bluff Island (Antarctica). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/bluff-island-iba-antarctica on 23/12/2024.
