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The island is rat-free and there is a breeding population of South Georgia pipits here, along with wandering albatrosses and giant petrels. The island has been designated by the South Georgia Government as a Specially Protected Area, and has been closed to visitors since 2004, to protect vulnerable habitat from trampling.
Brown rats are considered an invasive species on Thatcher Peninsula. [1] They threaten the survival of native species such as the South Georgia pipit. [22] From approximately 2011 to 2014, the government of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands undertook efforts to eradicate them by air-dropping brodifacoum pellets. [1]
NASA satellite image of South Georgia Island covered with snow The South Sandwich Islands connect with air currents to make wave patterns in clouds. Royal Bay and South Georgia Island (south-up image) The climate is classified as polar, and the weather is highly variable and harsh, making a tundra in Köppen climate classification. Typical ...
The areas occupied by reindeer on South Georgia were the most vegetated and biologically diverse on the island. The impact of the animals was severe, resulting in overgrazing of the native tussac grass and greater burnet , soil erosion , loss of plant community biodiversity and the spread of invasive weeds , such as the introduced grass Poa ...
This is a list of the mammal species recorded in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. There are thirteen mammal species in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, of which one is endangered. [1] The following tags are used to highlight each species' conservation status as assessed by the International Union for Conservation of ...
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South Georgia is an island in the South Atlantic Ocean that is part of the British Overseas Territory of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. It lies around 1,400 kilometres (870 mi) east of the Falkland Islands. Stretching in the east–west direction, South Georgia is around 170 kilometres (106 mi) long and has a maximum width of 35 ...
Help is on the way for the birds of Marion Island, an uninhabited South African territory about 2,000 km (1,250 miles) southeast of Cape Town.Invasive mice are eating the island’s 29 avian ...