Name details

Posadowsky Bay Colony

Posadowsky Bay Colony (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Posadowsky Bay Colony  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 140459

Feature type: Colony

Origin

This name originates from Australia. It is part of the Australian Antarctic Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Narrative

This emperor penguin colony is one of the first two breeding sites ever encountered, but it was not recognized as such. Both adults and chicks were sighted several times during the First German South Polar Expedition in 1902. Expeditioners from the Soviet Union sighted a colony in Posadowsky Bay several times in the 1960s. The colony was spotted in a satellite image in 2014. Note: emperor penguin colonies may not remain in one fixed location.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
66° 07' 48.0" S
-66.13000°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
89° 49' 12.0" E
89.82000°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Satellite Image
Source Name:
Unknown
Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Unknown
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
14-Jun-2023

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