Cape Crozier

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Cape Crozier is a prominent headland on Ross Island in Antarctica, known for its large Adélie penguin colony and its role in early Antarctic exploration.

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Cape Crozier canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cape
headland
ASPAIdentifier ASPA 124
associatedWith Apsley Cherry-Garrard
Edward Adrian Wilson
Robert Falcon Scott
countryClaimedBy New Zealand
discoveredDuring Ross expedition 1839–1843
faces Ross Sea
governedBy Antarctic Treaty System
hasBreedingSpecies South polar skua
snow petrel
hasClimate polar climate
hasColonyOf Adélie penguin
Emperor penguin
hasCoordinateLatitude -77.5167
hasCoordinateLongitude 169.2333
hasDesignation Important Bird Area
hasEcosystemType Antarctic coastal ecosystem
hasEnvironment extreme winds
ice-free coastal cliffs
sea ice
hasLandform cliffs
ice-free areas
rocky slopes
hasNearbyFeature Mount Erebus
Mount Terror
Ross Ice Shelf
hasProtectionStatus Antarctic Specially Protected Area
hasResearchActivity climate change impact studies
penguin population monitoring
hasSeaAccess Ross Sea
IBAIdentifier BirdLife Important Bird Area
linked to: Important Bird Area
isKnownFor early Antarctic exploration history
large Adélie penguin colony
isPartOf McMurdo Sound region
linked to: McMurdo Sound
isSiteOf historic penguin egg collecting journey
isWithin Victoria Land coastal region
linked to: Victoria Land
locatedIn Antarctica
Ross Sea region
linked to: Ross Sea
locatedOn Ross Island
namedAfter Francis Crozier
namedBy James Clark Ross
partOf Ross Dependency
visitedBy British National Antarctic Expedition 1901–1904
Discovery Expedition
Terra Nova Expedition

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Ross Dependency contains Cape Crozier
Ross Island hasCape Cape Crozier
Cape Bird hasNearbyFeature Cape Crozier