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Foyn Island, the Glossary

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Foyn Island, also known as Svend Foyn Island, is the second largest island in the Possession Islands, East Antarctica, lying south-west of Possession Island.[1]

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Table of Contents

  1. 17 relations: Adélie penguin, Antarctic (ship), Antarctic Treaty System, BirdLife International, East Antarctica, Henrik Johan Bull, Historic Sites and Monuments in Antarctica, Important Bird Area, List of Antarctic and subantarctic islands, Norway, Possession Islands, South polar skua, Southern Cross Expedition, Svend Foyn, USCGC Edisto, USS Glacier (AGB-4), Whaling.

  2. Borchgrevink Coast geography stubs
  3. Islands of Victoria Land

Adélie penguin

The Adélie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) is a species of penguin common along the entire coast of the Antarctic continent, which is the only place where it is found.

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Antarctic (ship)

Antarctic was a Swedish steamship built in Drammen, Norway, in 1871.

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Antarctic Treaty System

The Antarctic Treaty and related agreements, collectively known as the Antarctic Treaty System (ATS), regulate international relations with respect to Antarctica, Earth's only continent without a native human population.

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BirdLife International

BirdLife International is a global partnership of non-governmental organizations that strives to conserve birds and their habitats.

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East Antarctica

East Antarctica, also called Greater Antarctica, constitutes the majority (two-thirds) of the Antarctic continent, lying primarily in the Eastern Hemisphere south of the Indian Ocean, and separated from West Antarctica by the Transantarctic Mountains.

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Henrik Johan Bull

Henrik Johan Bull (13 October 18441 June 1930) was a Norwegian businessman and whaler.

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Historic Sites and Monuments in Antarctica

A Historic Site or Monument (HSM) is a protected location of historic interest on the continent of Antarctica, or on its adjacent islands. Foyn Island and historic Sites and Monuments in Antarctica are historic Sites and Monuments of Antarctica.

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Important Bird Area

An Important Bird and Biodiversity Area (IBA) is an area identified using an internationally agreed set of criteria as being globally important for the conservation of bird populations.

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List of Antarctic and subantarctic islands

This is a list of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands.

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Norway

Norway (Norge, Noreg), formally the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, situated on the Scandinavian Peninsula.

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Possession Islands

The Possession Islands are a group of small islands and rocks extending over an area of about, lying in the western part of the Ross Sea, lying south-east of Cape McCormick, in Victoria Land, Antarctica. Foyn Island and Possession Islands are Borchgrevink Coast, important Bird Areas of Antarctica, islands of Victoria Land, penguin colonies and seabird colonies.

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South polar skua

The south polar skua (Stercorarius maccormicki) is a large seabird in the skua family, Stercorariidae.

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Southern Cross Expedition

The Southern Cross Expedition, otherwise known as the British Antarctic Expedition, 1898–1900, was the first British venture of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, and the forerunner of the more celebrated journeys of Robert Falcon Scott and Ernest Shackleton.

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Svend Foyn

Svend Foyn (July 9, 1809 – November 30, 1894) was a Norwegian whaling, shipping magnate and philanthropist.

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USCGC Edisto

USS Edisto (AGB-2) was a in the service of the United States Navy and was later transferred to the United States Coast Guard as USCGC Edisto (WAGB-284).

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USS Glacier (AGB-4)

USS Glacier (AGB-4) (later USCGC Glacier (WAG/WAGB-4)) was a U.S. Navy, then U.S. Coast Guard icebreaker which served in the first through fifteenth Operation Deep Freeze expeditions.

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Whaling

Whaling is the hunting of whales for their usable products such as meat and blubber, which can be turned into a type of oil that was important in the Industrial Revolution.

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See also

Borchgrevink Coast geography stubs

Islands of Victoria Land

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foyn_Island

Also known as Svend Foyn Island.