Data Zone
Country/territory: Antarctica
IBA criteria met: A4i (2015)
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Area: 11 hectares (0.11 km2)
Site description (2015 baseline)
Dodman Island is situated to the northwest of Holtedahl Bay, Graham Coast, and to the southeast of Renaud Island in the central Antarctic Peninsula region. The IBA qualifies on the basis of the Imperial Shag (Phalacrocorax [atriceps] bransfieldensis) colony present and comprises a small island of ~11 ha situated 2.5 km north of Dodman Island.
IBA Bates Island lies 12 km to the northeast; IBA Armstrong Reef lies ~20 km to the west; and IBA Cape Evensen lies 25 km to the southeast. The nearest permanent scientific station is Vernadsky (UKR), which operates year-round and is located ~108 km to the northeast.
Key biodiversity
A colony of 163 pairs of Imperial Shag was recorded breeding on the western coast of the island in 1984 (unpublished data S. Poncet pers. comm. 2005). No other birds are known to breed at the site, although another smaller Imperial Shag colony was recorded at the same time on an island ~1.5 km to the south.
Non-bird biodiversity: None known.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Island north of Dodman Island (Antarctica). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/island-north-of-dodman-island-iba-antarctica on 23/12/2024.