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Mount Paterson (Antarctica)

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Mountain of Antarctica For the mountain in South Georgia, see Mount Paterson.
Antarctic petrels breed in the IBA

Mount Paterson is a pyramidal nunatak, 690 m in height, standing on the eastern side of the Rockefeller Mountains in Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica.

Important Bird Area

A 172 ha site comprising the ice-free parts of the mountain has been designated an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International because it supports an estimated 10,000 breeding pairs of Antarctic petrels, based on a visit made in 1987–88. A small colony of several hundred snow petrels was seen on the steep upper crags of the southernmost peak.

References

  1. ^ "Mount Paterson". BirdLife Data Zone. BirdLife International. 2015. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
Important Bird Areas of Antarctica
Queen Elizabeth Land
Coats Land
Queen Maud Land
Enderby Land
Kemp Land
Mac. Robertson Land
Princess Elizabeth Land
Queen Mary Land
Wilkes Land
Adélie Land
George V Land
Oates Land
Victoria Land
Ross Sea
King Edward VII Land
Marie Byrd Land
Ellsworth Land
Palmer Land
Graham Land
South Shetland Islands
South Orkney Islands

78°02′22″S 155°00′18″W / 78.03944°S 155.00500°W / -78.03944; -155.00500

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