Atriceps Island | |
Map: | Antarctica |
Location: | Antarctica |
Population: | Uninhabited |
Country: | None |
Treaty System: | Antarctic Treaty System |
Atriceps Island is the southernmost of the Robertson Islands, lying 3nmi south of the south-east end of Coronation Island in the South Orkney Islands of Antarctica. The island has been identified as an Important Bird Area by BirdLife International because it supports a breeding colony of imperial shags (Phalacrocorax atriceps), after which the island was named in 1948 - 49 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey, with 524 pairs recorded in 1988.[1]