Lucas Island

68°30′S 77°57′E / 68.500°S 77.950°E / -68.500; 77.950Length0.6 km (0.37 mi)Width0.2 km (0.12 mi)Highest elevation40 m (130 ft)AdministrationAdministered under the Antarctic Treaty SystemDemographicsPopulationUninhabited

Lucas Island is a small island lying just west of the Vestfold Hills, Antarctica, 4 kilometres (2 nmi) north-west of Plog Island. It was mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936–37) and called "Plogsteinen" (the plow stone). It was mapped by the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions in 1958 and renamed for W.C. Lucas, a diesel mechanic at Davis Station, 1957.^[1]

Important Bird Area

A 9 ha site comprising the whole island has also been designated an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International because it supports about 14,000 breeding pairs of Adélie penguins.^[2]

See also

• List of Antarctic and Subantarctic islands

References

External links

•  This article incorporates public domain material from "Lucas Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.