Isla Bartolomé Explained

Isla Bartolomé is an uninhabited subantarctic island. Administratively it belongs to Chile.

Geography and ecology

With an area of 93 ha and a maximum height of 190m (620feet) it is the largest of the Diego Ramírez Archipelago, being more than twice the size of the second largest - Isla Gonzalo, lying in the Drake Passage between the continents of South America and Antarctica. It is an important breeding site for black-browed (over 35,000 pairs) and grey-headed (over 9000 pairs) albatrosses, as well as for southern giant petrels.^{[1] [2]}

See also

• List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands

Notes and References

1. Web site: Island – Isla Bartolome . 2011-07-21 . Island Group - Islas Diego Ramirez . Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels . 2011 .
2. Robertson, Graham . Moreno, Carlos A. . Lawton, Kieran . Arata, Javier . Valencia, Jose . Kirkwood, Roger. . 2007 . An estimate of the population sizes of Black-browed (Thalassarche melanophrys) and Grey-headed (T. chrysostoma) Albatrosses breeding in the Diego Ramírez Archipelago, Chile . Emu . 107 . 3 . 239–244 . 10.1071/mu07028 . 83796801 . 2011-07-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120328003203/http://www.forecos.net/filemanager_filedownload.php?id=253 . 2012-03-28 . dead .