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Cape Hansen


Cape Hansen is a cape which separates Marshall Bay and Iceberg Bay on the south coast of Coronation Island, in the South Orkney Islands, Antarctica. The name appears on a chart based upon a running survey of the islands in 1912–13 by Petter Sørlle, a Norwegian whaling captain.

The site has been identified as an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International because it supports a large breeding colony of about 13,000 pairs of chinstrap penguins, as well as a few pairs of brown skuas among the penguins.

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Hansen, Cape" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).


Coordinates: 60°40′S 45°35′W / 60.667°S 45.583°W / -60.667; -45.583


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