Possession Island topographic map

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Name: Possession Island topographic map, elevation, terrain.

Location: Possession Island, French Southern and Antarctic Lands, France (-46.67468 51.35219 -46.14136 52.00266)

Average elevation: 13 m

Minimum elevation: 0 m

Maximum elevation: 897 m

The island has been identified as an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International as a breeding site for seabirds, of which there are at least 26 breeding species. Birds nesting in relatively large numbers include king, northern rockhopper and macaroni penguins, wandering, sooty and light-mantled albatrosses, northern giant petrels, medium-billed prions, Kerguelen and soft-plumaged petrels, and South Georgia diving petrels. Other island breeders in smaller numbers are southern giant petrels, grey-headed albatrosses and Kerguelen terns. Crozet blue-eyed shags, black-faced sheathbills and Eaton's pintails are resident. The smaller birds nest only at higher altitudes because of their vulnerability to rat predation at lower levels.

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