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Breaker Island
Breaker Island
is a small
rocky
island
lying in
Arthur Harbour
close south-west of
Norsel Point
, off the south-west
coast
of
Anvers Island
in the
Palmer Archipelago
of
Antarctica
. It was
surveyed
by the
Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey
in 1955 and named by the
UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee
because
the island
causes
breakers
when
the sea
is
rough
.
Birds
The island
formed part of the
Northern
Arthur
Harbour
Important Bird Area
number
013
, identified as such by
BirdLife International
because it supports significant
seabird
breeding colonies
.
The Arthur
Harbour IBA was
delisted
in
2015
.