Devil Island
{{short description|Island of Antarctica}}
{{For|other islands with similar names|Devils Island (disambiguation){{!}}Devils Island}}
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| name = Devil Island
| image_name = Devil Island.jpg
| image_caption = View from top of volcanic peak
| image_map = Devil Island (ringed), JRI Group, British Antarctic Territory.svg
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| image_map_caption = Location of Devil Island
| map = Antarctic Peninsula#Antarctica
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Antarctica
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| location = Antarctica
| coordinates = {{coord|63|48|S|57|17|W|source:GNIS|display=inline,title}}
| archipelago = James Ross Island group
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| footnotes = Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System.
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Devil Island is a 128 ha, ice-free island about 2 km long, in the James Ross Island group near the north-eastern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula. It lies in a small cove 1 km north of Vega Island, east of the Trinity Peninsula. It is characterised by several low hills rising to a maximum height of about 150 m.
Geography
Devil island is a recent volcano consisting of two basalt volcano necks, surrounded by extensive talus.
Important Bird Area
File:Devil Island penguins.jpg
The site has been identified as an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International because it supports a large breeding colony of about 15,000 pairs of Adélie penguins. Other birds recorded as nesting there include brown skuas and snow petrels.{{cite web |url=http://www.birdlife.org |title=Devil Island |access-date=2012-12-15 |work=BirdLife data zone: Important Bird Areas |publisher=BirdLife International |date=2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070710124603/http://www.birdlife.org/ |archive-date=2007-07-10 }}
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References
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{{Important Bird Areas of Antarctica}}
Category:Important Bird Areas of Antarctica
Category:Islands of the James Ross Island group
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