Green Island (Berthelot Islands)

Green Island in 2014 The island is home to a large colony of Antarctic shags

Green Island is one of the Berthelot Islands group, lying off the west coast of Graham Land, Antarctica.

## Description

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The island is about 20 ha in area. It lies 150 m north of the largest of the Berthelot Islands group, some 3 km off the Graham Coast of the Antarctic Peninsula. It is 520 m long from north to south and 500 m wide from east to west, rising to a rounded peak 83 m high. It rises steeply on all sides, with precipitous cliffs on the southern and eastern sides.

### Antarctic Specially Protected Area

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It is protected as Antarctic Specially Protected Area (ASPA) No.108 because of its vegetation which was described as “probably the most luxuriant anywhere on the west side of the Antarctic Peninsula”. On its north-facing slopes it has well-developed banks of moss turf formed by Polytrichum strictum and Chorisodontium aciphyllum overlying peat more than a metre deep. Antarctic hair grass grows in small patches on the steep, rocky north-western corner of the island near a colony of 500–600 Antarctic shags, one of the largest on the Antarctic Peninsula.[1]

## References

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1. ^ "Green Island. Berthelot Islands, Antarctic Peninsula" (PDF). Management Plan for Antarctic Specially Protected Area No. 108: Measure 1. Antarctic Treaty Secretariat. 2002. Retrieved 9 September 2013.

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Antarctic Specially Protected Areas

Queen Elizabeth Land|

* Davis Valley
* Forlidas Pond

Queen Maud Land|

* Dakshin Gangotri Glacier
* Svarthamaren Mountain
* Yukidori Valley

Mac. Robertson Land|

* Murray Monolith
* Rookery Islands
* Scullin Monolith
* Taylor Rookery

Princess Elizabeth Land|

* Amanda Bay
* Hawker Island
* Mount Harding
* Mule Peninsula

Queen Mary Land|

* Haswell Island

Wilkes Land|

* Ardery Island
* Bailey Peninsula
* Charlton Island
* Clark Peninsula
* Dewart Island
* Frazier Islands
* Nelly Island
* Odbert Island

Adélie Land|

* Bernard Island
* Bon Docteur Nunatak
* Carrel Island
* Géologie Archipelago
* Lamarck Island
* Port Martin
* Rostand Island

George V Land|

* Mawson's Huts

Victoria Land|

* Balham Valley
* Barwick Valley
* Canada Glacier
* Cape Adare
* Cape Geology
* Cape Hallett
* Cape Washington
* Edmonson Point
* Linnaeus Terrace
* Mount Melbourne
* Mount Rittmann
* Seabee Hook

Ross Sea|

* Arrival Heights
* Backdoor Bay
* Beaufort Island
* Cape Crozier
* Cape Evans
* Cape Royds
* Hut Point Peninsula
* Lewis Bay
* New College Valley
* North-west White Island
* Sabrina Island
* Tramway Ridge

Palmer Land|

* Ablation Lake
* Ablation Point
* Ablation Point – Ganymede Heights
* Ablation Valley
* Erratic Valley
* Flatiron Valley
* Ganymede Heights
* Himalia Ridge
* Marion Nunataks
* Mount Martine
* Mount Monique
* Moutonnée Lake
* Striation Valley

Graham Land|

* Apéndice Island
* Avian Island
* Biscoe Point
* Bransfield Strait
* Cierva Point
* Dion Islands
* Eastern Dallmann Bay
* Emperor Island
* Green Island
* Lagotellerie Island
* Litchfield Island
* Midas Island
* Moss Islands
* Mount Flora
* Rothera Point
* South Bay

South Shetlands|

* Admiralty Bay
* Ardley Island
* Byers Peninsula
* Cape Shirreff
* Collins Point
* Coppermine Peninsula
* Crater Lake
* Deception Island
* Discovery Bay
* Fildes Peninsula
* Harmony Point
* Kroner Lake
* Lions Rump
* Mount Pond
* Narębski Point
* Pendulum Cove
* Port Foster
* Potter Peninsula
* Ronald Hill
* San Telmo Island
* South East Point
* Stonethrow Ridge
* Suffield Point
* Telefon Bay

South Orkneys|

* Christoffersen Island
* Coronation Island
* Fredriksen Island
* Grey Island
* Lynch Island
* Michelsen Island
* Moe Island
* Southern Powell Island

65°19′S 64°09′W﻿ / ﻿65.317°S 64.150°W﻿ / -65.317; -64.150

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