Way Archipelago

Islands of Antarctica

Way Archipelago

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Location in Antarctica

Adélie penguins breed in the IBA

The Way Archipelago encompasses more than 120 small islands and rocks, of which the largest is Stillwell Island, distributed close offshore in the form of an arc. The archipelago extends from the vicinity of Cape Gray, at the eastern side of the entrance to Commonwealth Bay, to the vicinity of Garnet Point at the western side of the entrance to Watt Bay, in George V Land, Antarctica. Most of the islands are relatively snow-free, even in winter, because of the strong katabatic winds that characterise the weather in the region. Stillwell Island and Garnet Point exhibit large garnet crystals in the metamorphic gneiss rocks that dominate the local geology.[1]

## Discovery and naming

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The archipelago was discovered by the Australasian Antarctic Expedition (1911–14) under Douglas Mawson, who named the group for Sir Samuel Way, Chancellor of the University of Adelaide, in 1911.

## Important Bird Area

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A 3,247 ha site, comprising the whole archipelago, has been designated an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International because it supports breeding colonies totalling some 52,000 pairs of Adélie penguins, estimated from 2011 satellite imagery. About 4,000 pairs of southern fulmars also breed in the region.[1]

## References

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1. ^ a b "Way Archipelago". BirdLife Data Zone. BirdLife International. 2015. Retrieved 6 December 2020.

This article incorporates public domain material from "Way Archipelago". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.

## External links

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* 66°54′25″S 143°52′05″E﻿ / ﻿66.90694°S 143.86806°E﻿ / -66.90694; 143.86806

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Important Bird Areas of Antarctica

Queen Elizabeth Land|

* Berkner Island

Coats Land|

* Coalseam Cliffs
* Mount Faraway
* Stewart Buttress
* Dawson-Lambton Glacier
* Luitpold Coast
* Stancomb-Wills Glacier

Queen Maud Land|

* Atka Iceport
* Drescher Inlet
* Gruber Mountains
* Jutulsessen
* Muskegbukta
* Princess Ragnhild Coast
* Riiser-Larsen Ice Shelf
* Riiser-Larsen Peninsula
* Svarthamaren Mountain

Enderby Land|

* Cape Batterbee
* Mount Biscoe

Kemp Land|

* Kloa Point

Mac. Robertson Land|

* Andersen Island
* Auster rookery
* Cape Darnley
* Gibbney Island
* Kirton Island
* Klung Island
* Macklin Island
* Murray Monolith
* Rookery Islands
* Scullin Monolith
* Taylor Rookery
* Welch Island

Princess Elizabeth Land|

* Amanda Bay
* Bluff Island
* Boyd Island
* Caro Island
* Donskiye Islands
* Filla Island
* Gardner Island
* Hop Island
* Kazak Island
* Lucas Island
* Lugg Island
* Magnetic Island
* Rookery Lake
* Tryne Islands
* Turner Island
* Warriner Island
* Waterhouse Island
* West Ice Shelf
* Zolotov Island

Queen Mary Land|

* Haswell Island
* Shackleton Ice Shelf

Wilkes Land|

* Ardery Island
* Beall Island
* Berkley Island
* Cameron Island
* Clark Peninsula
* Dibble Glacier
* Holl Island
* O'Connor Island
* Odbert Island
* Peterson Island
* Shirley Island

Adélie Land|

* Cape Bienvenue
* Cape Jules
* Curzon Islands
* Empereur Island
* Géologie Archipelago

George V Land|

* Cape Denison
* Cape Hunter
* Cape-Pigeon Rocks
* Greater Mackellar Island
* Lesser Mackellar Island
* Mackellar Islands
* Mertz Glacier
* Way Archipelago

Oates Land|

* Arthurson Ridge
* Kartografov Island
* Mount Archer
* Sturge Island

Victoria Land|

* Adélie Cove
* Blue Glacier to Cape Chocolate
* Cape Adare
* Cape Main
* Cape Roget
* Cape Wadworth
* Cape Washington
* Cotter Cliffs
* Dailey Islands
* Depot Island
* Downshire Cliffs
* Duke of York Island
* Dunlop Island
* Edmonson Point
* Foyn Island
* Gregory Island
* Inexpressible Island
* Mandible Cirque
* Possession Islands
* Seabee Hook

Ross Sea|

* Beaufort Island
* Bernacchi Head
* Cape Crozier
* Caughley Beach
* Franklin Island southwest
* McDonald Beach
* Rocky Point

King Edward VII Land|

* Cape Colbeck

Marie Byrd Land|

* Brownson Islands
* Edwards Islands
* Hummer Point
* Lindsey Islands
* Maher Island
* Mathewson Point
* Mount Paterson
* Thurston Glacier
* Worley Point

Ellsworth Land|

* Schaefer Islands
* Sikorski Glacier

Palmer Land|

* Sims Island
* Smith Peninsula
* Smyley Island

Graham Land|

* Ambush Bay
* Apéndice Island
* Armstrong Reef
* Avian Island
* Bates Island
* Brash Island
* Brown Bluff
* Cape Evensen
* Cape Wollaston
* Cierva Point
* Cockburn Island
* Cormorant Island
* Cuverville Island
* D'Urville Monument
* Danger Islands
* Devil Island
* Dion Islands
* Dodman Island
* Dream Island
* Duroch Islands
* Earle Island
* Eden Rocks
* Emperor Island
* Gerlache Island
* Ginger Islands
* Gourdin Island
* Guépratte Island
* Hope Bay
* Joubin Islands
* Lagotellerie Island
* Litchfield Island
* Madder Cliffs
* Midas Island
* Moss Islands
* Murray Island
* Paulet Island
* Pearl Rocks
* Penguin Point
* Petermann Island
* Pursuit Point
* Rosenthal Islands
* Ryder Bay Islands
* Snow Hill Island
* Stonington Island
* Trinity Island
* Tupinier Islands
* Uruguay Island

South Shetland Islands|

* Admiralty Bay
* Ardley Island
* Aspland Island
* Baily Head
* Barnard Point
* Byers Peninsula
* Cape Bowles
* Cape Garry
* Cape Hooker
* Cape Lookout
* Cape Melville
* Cape Shirreff
* Cape Wallace
* Chinstrap Cove
* Eadie Island
* East of Nelly Point
* Eastern Litwin Bay
* Escarpada Point
* False Round Point
* Fur Seal Point
* Gibbs Island
* Half Moon Island
* Harmony Point
* Heywood Island
* Jameson Point
* Kellick Island
* Lions Rump
* Milosz Point
* Mount Elder
* North Foreland
* O'Brien Island
* Owen Island
* Penguin Island
* Point Hennequin
* Point Wordie
* Potter Peninsula
* Pottinger Point
* Saddleback Point
* Seal Islands
* Stinker Point
* Sugarloaf Island
* Tartar Island
* Vapour Col
* Walker Point
* Yankee Harbour

South Orkney Islands|

* Atriceps Island
* Buchanan Point
* Cape Davidson
* Cape Hansen
* Cape Robertson
* Cape Whitson
* Cheal Point
* Christoffersen Island
* Eillium Island
* Ferguslie Peninsula
* Ferrier Peninsula
* Fraser Point
* Fredriksen Island
* Gibbon Bay
* Gosling Islands
* Graptolite Island
* Grey Island
* Inaccessible Islands
* Larsen Islands
* Matthews Island
* Michelsen Island
* Moe Island
* Moreton Point
* Pirie Peninsula
* Point Martin
* Return Point
* Robertson Islands
* Shingle Cove
* Signy Island
* Skilling Island
* Southern Powell Island
* Watson Peninsula
* Weddell Islands

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