Data Zone
Country/territory: Antarctica
IBA criteria met: A4ii (2015)
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Area: 371 hectares (3.71 km2)
Site description (2015 baseline)
Cape Roget is situated at the southern extremity of the Adare Peninsula, on the Borchgrevink Coast, northern Victoria Land.
An Emperor Penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) colony breeds on sea ice that forms at the northern entrance to Moubray Bay, several km south of Cape Roget. The IBA qualifies on the basis of the Emperor Penguin colony present and is entirely marine.
The nearest permanent stations are Mario Zucchelli (ITA) and Jang Bogo (KOR), ~360 km to the south in Terra Nova Bay.
Key biodiversity
The Emperor Penguin population at Cape Roget ranged from ~3700 – ~7300 breeding pairs between 1983 and 1996 (Barber-Meyer et al. 2007, 2008). Analysis of a satellite image acquired 16 Oct 2009 (Fretwell et al. 2012) indicated that approximately 9505 Emperor Penguins were present at the colony, although image quality was rated Fair and the authors considered the result may be an overestimate.
Non-bird biodiversity: None known
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Cape Roget (Antarctica). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/cape-roget-iba-antarctica on 18/12/2024.