View Point (VIEW)
63˚33’S, 57˚22’W Magnetic declination: 11.5˚E Inventory subarea: NE Inventory acronym: VIEW Site Sensitivity: LOW Location — History — Features E tip of a promontory, 150 meters in elevation, forming the W side of the entrance to Duse Bay on the S coast of the Trinity Peninsula. Discovered by Gunnar Andersson’s party from Nordenskjøld’s Swedish Antarctic Expedition, 1901-4, and named by the Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey, after a 1945 survey, because good panoramic views and photographs were obtained from this promontory. Landing Characteristics Continental landing site on the Trinity Peninsula. British hut was erected in 1953 and later transferred to Chile. Mummified seal carcasses near the hut. Antarctic Site Inventory Effort Visits by Antarctic Site Inventory researchers, 1994-2003: 1. January 17, 2000 RD Explorer Assessment and monitoring . Only preliminary censusing and ground photodocumentation has been accomplished. Fauna — Flora — Censuses Penguins & flying birds . Kelp gull confirmed breeding. Adélie and gentoo penguin, and skua, spp. noted, but no breeding activity observed. Seals . Weddell seals hauled-out on landing beach. Juvenile southern elephant seal also observed on the beach. Flora . Xanthoria , spp. and snow algae noted. Conservation Aspects Site sensitivities . None noted. Visitation Aspects Numbers of tourist zodiac landings and participating visitors, 1989-2003:
Proximate visitor sites . On the Trinity Peninsula: Jade Point, Crystal Hill, Bald Head, and Camp Hill; Cape Burd on the Tabarin Peninsula; and False Island Point on Vega Island. |
