Cape Burd (BURD)
63˚39’S, 57˚09’W Magnetic declination: 11.4˚E Inventory subarea: NE Inventory acronym: BURD Site Sensitivity: LOW Location — History — Features Low rock cliff forming the SW extremity of the Tabarin Peninsula at the NE end of the Antarctic Peninsula. Charted by Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey and named for Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey meteorologist who perished when the base hut at Hope Bay burned in 1948. Landing Characteristics Landing onto barren, rocky shore of volcanic ash mixed with pyroclasts of many sizes. Continental landing on the Tabarin Peninsula. Antarctic Site Inventory Effort Visits by Antarctic Site Inventory researchers, 1994-2003: 1. January 27, 2001 RD Cal Star Assessment and monitoring . Preliminary surveying. Fauna — Flora — Censuses Penguins & flying birds . One gentoo penguin noted during the Inventory visit. Skuas (spp.) and southern giant petrels also observed, but no confirmed breeding of any penguin or flying bird species. Seals . Weddell seal hauled-out on the landing beach. Flora . Scattered moss patches observed. No lichens noted. Conservation Aspects Site sensitivities . None noted. Visitation Aspects Numbers of tourist zodiac landings and participating visitors, 1989-2003:
Proximate visitor sites . On the Trinity Peninsula: Jade Point, Crystal Hill, Bald Head, Camp Hill, and View Point; Devil Island; and False Island Point on Vega Island. |
