Coalseam Cliffs
Coalseam Cliffsare rock cliffs forming the north-western part ofMount Farawayin theTheron Mountains.They were first mapped in 1956–57 by theCommonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition(CTAE), and so named because acoal seamwas found when members of the CTAE made an aircraft landing there in 1957.
Important Bird Area
[edit]Coalseam Cliffs is part of the 665 haCoalseam Cliffs and Mount FarawayImportant Bird Area(IBA), designated as such byBirdLife Internationalbecause it supports a colony of about 10,000 breeding pairs ofAntarctic petrels.The birds nest in a scree-filled hollow between two 60 m highdoleritecliffs, a location also known asStewart Buttress.Other birds recorded as breeding in the vicinity includesnow petrelsandsouth polar skuas.[1]
References
[edit]- ^"Coalseam Cliffs / Mount Faraway".BirdLife Data Zone.BirdLife International. 2015.Retrieved30 October2020.
External links
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