Isla Gonzalo Explained

Isla Gonzalo or Isla Bote
Map:Tierra del Fuego
Archipelago:Diego Ramírez Islands
Country Admin Divisions Title:Region
Country Admin Divisions:Magallanes
Country Admin Divisions Title 1:Province
Country Admin Divisions 1:Antártica
Country Admin Divisions Title 2:Commune
Country Admin Divisions 2:Cabo de Hornos
Area Km2:0.38
Country:Chile
Additional Info:NGA UFI=-883269

Isla Gonzalo is a subantarctic island, uninhabited except for a weather and research station operated by the Chilean Navy. With an area of 38ha, it is the second largest of the Chilean Diego Ramírez Archipelago after Isla Bartolomé. The archipelago lies in the Drake Passage between the continents of South America and Antarctica. It is an important breeding site for black-browed (over 6000 pairs) and grey-headed (over 4000 pairs) albatrosses, as well as for southern giant petrels.[1] [2]

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  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 .