Hummer Point

Hummer Point is the eastern point of the ice-covered Gurnon Peninsula, an eastern arm of Bear Peninsula, on the Walgreen Coast of Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica,[1] extending into the Amundsen Sea.[2]

Emperor penguins breed in the IBA

Discovery and naming

The headland was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy aerial photographs from 1959 to 1966, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names in 1977 after Dr Michael G. Hummer.[1]

Important Bird Area

A 490 ha site on fast ice east of the headland has been designated an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International because it supports a breeding colony of about 9,500 emperor penguinss, estimated from 2009 satellite imagery.[2]

References
  1. "Hummer Point". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-07-03.
  2. "Hummer Point, Bear Peninsula". BirdLife Data Zone. BirdLife International. 2015. Retrieved 10 November 2020.

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