Sprightly Islands Vicinity (SPRI)
64˚17’S, 61˚04’W Magnetic declination: 14.3˚E Inventory subarea: NW Inventory acronym: SPRI Site Sensitivity: LOW Location — History — Features Sprightly Island lies one mile NW of Spring Point in Hughes Bay, on the W coast of the Antarctic Peninsula. It was first surveyed by Gerlache in 1897-9, and is named for a British sealing vessel that visited this area in 1824-5. Inventory researchers visited the small islet just N of Sprightly Island. Landing Characteristics A small island with fractured, metamorphic rocks that are easy to climb. Antarctic Site Inventory Effort Visits by Antarctic Site Inventory researchers, 1994-2003: 1. January 26, 1996 RD RP Livonia Assessment and monitoring. Preliminary surveying and censusing. More thorough ground-survey of floral communities needed. Fauna — Flora — Censuses Penguins & flying birds . Chinstrap penguins are confirmed breeders. Recent chinstrap penguin census data reported in Woehler, 1993: 60 N4, 1990. Seals . No seals observed during brief Inventory visit. Flora . Xanthoria , spp., Prasiola crispa , and two small clumps of Deschampsia antarctica noted. Conservation Aspects Site sensitivities. None. Visitation Aspects Numbers of tourist zodiac landings and participating visitors, 1989-2003:
Proximate visitor sites . Hydrurga Rocks lie NW. |
