South Orkney Islands, 604 kilometres (375 mi) northeast of the tip of Antarctica.
Bouvet Island, an uninhabited volcanic island 1,900 kilometres (1,200 mi) east of the South Sandwich Islands.
Climateedit
The climate of the islands is Tundra climate (Köppen climate classification ET), a cold, harsh climate in which at least one month has an average temperature high enough to melt snow (0 °C (32 °F)), but no month with an average temperature in excess of 10 °C (50 °F).[6][7] Because the islands are south of the Antarctic Convergence, the climate is more closely associated with Antarctica than South America.[5]
Flora and faunaedit
South Georgia supports a rich tundra with 50 species of vascular plants. The colder South Orkney and South Shetland islands support only simple mosses, lichens, and algae. The islands have no native land animals, but support a marine fauna that include sea birds and seals.[8]
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April 07, 2024
scotia, islands, tundra, tundra, ecoregion, an1103, which, includes, several, island, groups, south, georgia, south, sandwich, islands, south, shetland, islands, bouvet, island, scotia, where, south, atlantic, ocean, meets, southern, ocean, most, terrain, cove. The Scotia Sea Islands tundra is a tundra ecoregion WWF AN1103 which includes several island groups South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands South Shetland Islands and Bouvet Island in the Scotia Sea where the South Atlantic Ocean meets the Southern Ocean 2 3 4 5 Most of the terrain is covered with snow and permanent ice with tundra vegetation moss lichen and algae on the remainder The islands support important rookeries for seals seabirds and penguins The islands have no permanent human habitation and the cold harsh climate and ending of seal hunting and whaling has prevented settlement 5 Scotia Sea Islands tundraSouth GeorgiaIslands of the ecoregion in red dashed box EcologyRealmAntarcticBiometundraGeographyArea7 493 km2 2 893 sq mi CountriesNorwayUnited KingdomOverseas territoriesBouvet IslandBritish Antarctic Territory South Georgia and the South Sandwich IslandsCoordinates54 27 S 36 27 W 54 45 S 36 45 W 54 45 36 45ConservationConservation statusRelatively stable intactProtected0 km 0 1 Contents 1 Location and description 2 Climate 3 Flora and fauna 4 See also 5 ReferencesLocation and description editThe island groups of the ecoregion are southeast of the southern tip of South America South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands the largest land masses in the Scotia Sea South GEorgia is mountainous rising to 2 934 metres 9 626 ft South Shetland Islands are 80 to 90 glaciated They are only 269 metres 0 167 mi from Graham Land Antarctica South Orkney Islands 604 kilometres 375 mi northeast of the tip of Antarctica Bouvet Island an uninhabited volcanic island 1 900 kilometres 1 200 mi east of the South Sandwich Islands Climate editThe climate of the islands is Tundra climate Koppen climate classification ET a cold harsh climate in which at least one month has an average temperature high enough to melt snow 0 C 32 F but no month with an average temperature in excess of 10 C 50 F 6 7 Because the islands are south of the Antarctic Convergence the climate is more closely associated with Antarctica than South America 5 Flora and fauna editSouth Georgia supports a rich tundra with 50 species of vascular plants The colder South Orkney and South Shetland islands support only simple mosses lichens and algae The islands have no native land animals but support a marine fauna that include sea birds and seals 8 See also editFlora of South GeorgiaReferences edit Dinerstein Eric Olson David et al June 2017 An Ecoregion Based Approach to Protecting Half the Terrestrial Realm BioScience 67 6 534 545 doi 10 1093 biosci bix014 PMC 5451287 PMID 28608869 a href Template Cite journal html title Template Cite journal cite journal a CS1 maint date and year link Supplemental material 2 table S1b Eric Dinerstein David Olson et al 2017 An Ecoregion Based Approach to Protecting Half the Terrestrial Realm BioScience Volume 67 Issue 6 June 2017 Pages 534 545 https doi org 10 1093 biosci bix014 Map of Ecoregions 2017 Resolve using WWF data Retrieved June 20 2021 Scotia Sea Islands tundra Digital Observatory for Protected Areas Retrieved June 20 2021 a b c Scotia Sea Islands tundra The Encyclopedia of Earth Retrieved June 20 2021 Kottek M Grieser J Beck C Rudolf B Rubel F 2006 World Map of Koppen Geiger Climate Classification Updated PDF Gebruder Borntraeger 2006 Retrieved September 14 2019 Dataset Koppen climate classifications World Bank Retrieved September 14 2019 Scotia Sea Encyclopaedia Britannica Accessed 21 April 2020 1 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Scotia Sea Islands tundra amp oldid 1212863013, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
