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Site description (2000 baseline):

A low-lying rocky island with adjacent rocky islets. Egg- and down-collecting takes place (`Other' land-use).

Possibly the largest Somateria mollissima breeding colony in Greenland.

Many thousands of eggs were collected each year until at least 1998.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Littleton island and nearby islets (Greenland (to Denmark)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/littleton-island-and-nearby-islets-iba-greenland-(to-denmark) on 28/12/2024.