Devil Island | |
Map: | Antarctic Peninsula |
Location: | Antarctica |
Coordinates: | -63.8°N -74°W |
Archipelago: | James Ross Island group |
Country: | None |
Footnotes: | Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System. |
Devil Island is a 128 ha, ice-free island about 2 km long, in the James Ross Island group near the north-eastern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula. It lies in a small cove 1 km north of Vega Island, east of the Trinity Peninsula. It is characterised by several low hills rising to a maximum height of about 150 m.
Devil island is a recent volcano consisting of two basalt volcano necks, surrounded by extensive talus.
The site has been identified as an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International because it supports a large breeding colony of about 15,000 pairs of Adélie penguins. Other birds recorded as nesting there include brown skuas and snow petrels.[1]