Isla Bartolomé

For the island in the Galápagos, see Bartolomé Island.
Isla Bartolomé

Isla Bartolomé is the largest of the Diego Ramírez Islands
Isla Bartolomé

Location of the archipelago

Geography
Coordinates 56°32′S 68°43′W / 56.533°S 68.717°W / -56.533; -68.717
Archipelago Diego Ramírez Islands
Area 0.93 km2 (0.36 sq mi)
Highest elevation 190 m (620 ft)
Administration

Isla Bartolomé is an uninhabited subantarctic island. Administratively it belongs to Chile.

Geography and ecology

With an area of 93 ha and a maximum height of 190 m (623 ft) it is the largest of the Diego Ramírez Archipelago, being more than twice the size of the second largest - Isla Gonzalo, lying in the Drake Passage between the continents of South America and Antarctica. It is an important breeding site for black-browed (over 35,000 pairs) and grey-headed (over 9000 pairs) albatrosses, as well as for southern giant petrels.[1][2]

The island is an important breeding site for black-browed albatrosses

See also

References

  1. "Island – Isla Bartolome". Island Group - Islas Diego Ramirez. Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels. 2011. Retrieved 2011-07-21.
  2. Robertson, Graham; Moreno, Carlos A.; Lawton, Kieran; Arata, Javier; Valencia, Jose; Kirkwood, Roger. (2007). "An estimate of the population sizes of Black-browed (Thalassarche melanophrys) and Grey-headed (T. chrysostoma) Albatrosses breeding in the Diego Ramírez Archipelago, Chile". Emu. 107: 239–244. doi:10.1071/mu07028.


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