Point Wordie
Point Wordie is a headland on the western side of Elephant Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It is named after James Wordie, a Scottish geologist who took part in Shackleton’s Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1914–1917). The area is a 326-hectare ice-free tract of land that stretches about 9 kilometers to the north and includes Stinker Point. BirdLife International has designated it an Important Bird Area because it supports a large breeding colony of about 12,000 pairs of chinstrap penguins. The site also hosts smaller numbers of gentoo and macaroni penguins, imperial shags, and southern giant petrels, and Antarctic fur seals have been recorded breeding there.
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