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Site description (2015 baseline):
Site location and context
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.
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.
Pressure/threats to key biodiversity
None known.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2025) Important Bird Area factsheet: Mandible Cirque (Antarctica). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/mandible-cirque-iba-antarctica on 13/01/2025.
