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A 326 ha (810 acres) tract of ice-free land extending 9 km (5.6 mi) to the north, and including
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For the similarly named site in the South Sandwich Islands, see
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The IBA is an important breeding site for chinstrap penguins
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Headland on Elephant Island, South Shetland Islands
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Index

Point Wordie (South Shetland Islands)
Wordie Point

Elephant Island
South Shetland Islands
Antarctica
James Wordie
Ernest Shackleton
Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition
Stinker Point
Important Bird Area
BirdLife International
breeding colony
chinstrap penguins
gentoo
macaroni penguins
imperial shags
southern giant petrels
Antarctic fur seals
"Point Wordie, Elephant Island"
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Important Bird Areas
Queen Elizabeth Land
Berkner Island
Coats Land
Coalseam Cliffs
Mount Faraway
Stewart Buttress

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