Cape Crozier

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Cape Crozier is a prominent headland on Ross Island in Antarctica, known for its large Adélie penguin colony and its role in early Antarctic exploration.

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Cape Crozier canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cape
headland
ASPAIdentifier ASPA 124
associatedWith Apsley Cherry-Garrard
Edward Adrian Wilson
Robert Falcon Scott
countryClaimedBy New Zealand
discoveredDuring Ross expedition to Antarctica (1839–1843)
surface form: Ross expedition 1839–1843
faces Ross Sea
governedBy Antarctic Treaty System
hasBreedingSpecies South polar skua
snow petrel
hasClimate polar climate
hasColonyOf Adélie penguin
Aptenodytes forsteri
surface form: Emperor penguin
hasCoordinateLatitude -77.5167
hasCoordinateLongitude 169.2333
hasDesignation Important Bird Area
hasEcosystemType Antarctic coastal ecosystem
hasEnvironment extreme winds
ice-free coastal cliffs
sea ice
hasLandform cliffs
ice-free areas
rocky slopes
hasNearbyFeature Mount Erebus
Mount Terror
Ross Ice Shelf
hasProtectionStatus Antarctic Specially Protected Area
hasResearchActivity climate change impact studies
penguin population monitoring
hasSeaAccess Ross Sea
IBAIdentifier Important Bird Area
surface form: BirdLife Important Bird Area
isKnownFor early Antarctic exploration history
large Adélie penguin colony
isPartOf McMurdo Sound
surface form: McMurdo Sound region
isSiteOf historic penguin egg collecting journey
isWithin Victoria Land
surface form: Victoria Land coastal region
locatedIn Antarctica
Ross Sea
surface form: Ross Sea region
locatedOn Ross Island
namedAfter Captain Francis Crozier
surface form: Francis Crozier
namedBy James Clark Ross
partOf Ross Dependency
visitedBy British Antarctic Expedition
surface form: British National Antarctic Expedition 1901–1904

Discovery Expedition
British Antarctic Expedition
surface form: Terra Nova Expedition

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Ross Dependency (New Zealand Antarctic territory) contains Cape Crozier
subject surface form: Ross Dependency
Ross Island hasCape Cape Crozier
Cape Bird hasNearbyFeature Cape Crozier