Bay of Antarctica
Chinstrap penguins breed in the IBA
Gibbon Bay is a bay 2 km (1.2 mi) long and wide, entered between Rayner Point and The Turret along the east coast of Coronation Island , in the South Orkney Islands of Antarctica . The bay was first seen in December 1821 by Captain George Powell and Captain Nathaniel Palmer , but was more accurately delineated on a 1912 chart by Captain Petter Sorlle . It was recharted in 1933 by Discovery Investigations personnel on the Discovery II and named for the ship's surgeon, Dr G.M. Gibbon.[ 1]
Important Bird Area
The bay has been identified as an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International because it supports a large breeding colony of about 13,000 pairs of chinstrap penguins as well as being a nesting site for snow petrels .[ 2]
References
This article incorporates public domain material from "Gibbon Bay" . Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey .
60°39′S 45°11′W / 60.650°S 45.183°W / -60.650; -45.183