Hummer Point
{{short description|Headland of Antarctica}}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, extending into the Amundsen Sea.
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.
Important Bird Area
File: Penguin in Antarctica jumping out of the water.jpgA 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 penguins, estimated from 2009 satellite imagery. {{cite web |url=http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/hummer-point-bear-peninsula-iba-antarctica |title= Hummer Point, Bear Peninsula|author= |date=2015 |website= BirdLife Data Zone|publisher= BirdLife International|access-date= 10 November 2020}}
References
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Category:Important Bird Areas of Antarctica
Category:Headlands of Marie Byrd Land
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