Carcass Island
Isla del Rosario
51°16′S 60°35′W
Carcass Island (Spanish: Isla del Rosario) is the largest of the West Point Island Group of the Falkland Islands.
Terrain
51°16′S 60°35′W
Overview
Carcass Island (Spanish: Isla del Rosario) is the largest of the West Point Island Group of the Falkland Islands.
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Chart
Nearest islands
- Saunders Island32 km
- Keppel Island42 km
- West Falkland70 km
- Weddell Island72 km
- Pebble Island74 km
- Speedwell Island122 km
Also in Falkland Islands
East Falkland
6,470 km²▲ 705 m
Major islands
West Falkland
4,451 km²▲ 700 m
Major islands
Weddell Island
255 km²▲ 383 m
Minor islands
Saunders Island
123 km²▲ 421 m
Minor islands
Pebble Island
111 km²▲ 277 m
Minor islands
Lively Island
56.3 km²▲ 37 m
Minor islands
Speedwell Island
52.5 km²▲ 44 m
Minor islands
Keppel Island
39.6 km²▲ 233 m
Minor islands
Photographs
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Pentax ME Super SMC Pentax-M f/2.8 28mm Agfa Precisa 100
Pentax ME Super SMC Pentax-M f/3.5 135mm Agfa Precisa 100
Pentax ME Super Ilford Ortho Plus 80 SMC Pentax-M f/1:2.8 28mm
Satellite image of Carcass Island in the Falkland Islands
Photo of Pygoscelis papua (gentoo penguin) group on Carcass Island, Falkland Islands
Photo of Spheniscus magellanicus (Magellanic penguin) on beach of Carcass Island, Falkland Islands
The sun sets over Carcass and adjacent islands in the western Falklands.
Leopard Beach on Carcass Island, western Falkland Islands, is named for the leopard seals which prey on penguins swimming offshore.
Magellanic penguins, like these on Carcass Island, western Falkland Islands, live in underground burrows.
Sources
Facts
Photographs
- Carcass Island (15472172094). nomis-simon / CC BY 2.0
- Carcass Island (15907218060). nomis-simon / CC BY 2.0
- SeMo-70 (49435529027). Se Mo / CC BY-SA 2.0
- Leopard beach (49765849491). chris lovelock / CC BY 2.0
- Someone looks disappointed that he didn't get his picture taken... (49765873951). chris lovelock / CC BY 2.0
- Empty nests (49625610353). chris lovelock / CC BY 2.0
- Carcass Island - Falkland Islands. Bill von Ofenheim, NASA Johnson Space Center - Earth Sciences and Image Analysis (NASA-JSC-ES&IA) / Public domain
- Pygoscelis papua on Carcass Island 1. Stan Shebs / CC BY-SA 3.0
- Spheniscus magellanicus on beach. Stan Shebs / CC BY-SA 3.0
- Carcass Sunset (15674774490). David Stanley from Nanaimo, Canada / CC BY 2.0
- Leopard Beach (15850101771). David Stanley from Nanaimo, Canada / CC BY 2.0
- Magellanic Penguins (15668291070). David Stanley from Nanaimo, Canada / CC BY 2.0