Isla Bartolomé
Isla Bartolomé is the largest of the Diego Ramírez Islands
Isla Bartolomé is located in Southern Patagonia
Isla Bartolomé
Isla Bartolomé
Location of the archipelago
Geography
Coordinates56°32′S 68°43′W / 56.533°S 68.717°W / -56.533; -68.717
ArchipelagoDiego Ramírez Islands
Area0.93 km2 (0.36 sq mi)
Highest elevation190 m (620 ft)
Administration

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 190 m (623 ft) 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]

The island is an important breeding site for black-browed albatrosses

See also

References

  1. "Island – Isla Bartolome". Island Group - Islas Diego Ramirez. Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels. 2011. Retrieved 2011-07-21.
  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. doi:10.1071/mu07028. S2CID 83796801. Archived from the original on 2012-03-28. Retrieved 2011-07-21.


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