Topographic map of the Kerguelen archipelago showing the peninsula in the north-west (upper left)The northern tip of the peninsula is an important breeding site for macaroni penguins
Descriptionedit
The peninsula occupies the north-western corner of Grande Terre and is named after Jean Loranchet, the first officer of Raymond Rallier du Baty’s second Kerguelen survey expedition in 1913. It has a rugged, mountainous interior, with altitudes exceeding 500 m and a coastline of steep cliffs deeply incised by fjords. It is some 50 km long with a width of up to 20 km. As with most of Grande Terre, it is infested with introducedferal cats, rats and rabbits. Human visitation is infrequent.[1]
^ abBirdLife International. (2012). Important Bird Areas factsheet: Northern part of Péninsule Loranchet. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 2012-01-18.
loranchet, peninsula, péninsule, loranchet, also, known, presqu, île, loranchet, english, peninsula, grande, terre, main, island, subantarctic, kerguelen, archipelago, southern, indian, ocean, topographic, kerguelen, archipelago, showing, peninsula, north, wes. The Peninsule Loranchet also known as Presqu ile Loranchet Loranchet Peninsula in English is a peninsula of Grande Terre the main island of the subantarctic Kerguelen archipelago in the southern Indian Ocean Topographic map of the Kerguelen archipelago showing the peninsula in the north west upper left The northern tip of the peninsula is an important breeding site for macaroni penguinsDescription editThe peninsula occupies the north western corner of Grande Terre and is named after Jean Loranchet the first officer of Raymond Rallier du Baty s second Kerguelen survey expedition in 1913 It has a rugged mountainous interior with altitudes exceeding 500 m and a coastline of steep cliffs deeply incised by fjords It is some 50 km long with a width of up to 20 km As with most of Grande Terre it is infested with introduced feral cats rats and rabbits Human visitation is infrequent 1 Important Bird Area editThe northern end of the peninsula and the northernmost part of Grande Terre extending northwards from the head of the Baie de la Dauphine has been identified as a 60 km2 Important Bird Area IBA by BirdLife International because of its breeding seabirds At least 23 bird species breed in the IBA As well as a colony of 250 000 pairs of macaroni penguins at the tip of the peninsula there are also 5 400 pairs of southern rockhopper penguins and a small colony of 400 pairs of black browed albatrosses Cape petrels and Kerguelen shags nest on the cliffs Other birds include light mantled albatrosses Kerguelen terns and Eaton s pintails Antarctic fur seals and southern elephant seals breed in the IBA 1 References edit a b BirdLife International 2012 Important Bird Areas factsheet Northern part of Peninsule Loranchet Downloaded from http www birdlife org on 2012 01 18 48 42 S 69 00 E 48 700 S 69 000 E 48 700 69 000 nbsp This French Southern Territories location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Loranchet Peninsula amp oldid 1216866408, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
