Caughley Beach ( 77°13′S 166°26′E / 77.217°S 166.433°E / -77.217; 166.433 ) is the northernmost beach on the ice-free coast south-west of Cape Bird , Ross Island , Antarctica. It was mapped by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition , 1958–59, and named for Graeme Caughley , biologist with the party that visited Cape Bird. New College Valley, Antarctic Specially Protected Area (ASPA) No.116, lies above the beach.
12-1029: New College is the name or nickname of many academic institutions, including: Antarctica [ edit ] New College Valley , Ross Island Australia [ edit ] New College, University of New South Wales , Sydney Canada [ edit ] New College, University of Toronto , Toronto India [ edit ] The New College, Chennai , South India United Kingdom [ edit ] North East Worcestershire College Redditch and Bromsgrove New College Durham , County Durham New College, Edinburgh , Edinburgh New College Leicester , Leicester New College London , St John's Wood, London New College Nottingham , former further education college in Nottingham. New College, Oxford , University of Oxford New College School , Oxford New College, Pontefract Pontefract University of Southampton New College , an undergraduate college of
24-520: A country's existing protected area network, and so are protected under national legislation. Legal recognition and protection of IBAs that are not within existing protected areas varies within different countries. Some countries have a National IBA Conservation Strategy, whereas in others protection is completely lacking. In 1985, following a specific request from the European Economic Community , Birdlife International drew up
36-676: A list of sites to be protected as a matter of priority. In 1989, a repertoire of IBAs of Europe was released. At first the official name of this type of site was Important Bird Area , hence the acronym IBA, then at the BirdLife World Congress held in Canada in 2014 it was decided to adopt the name Important Bird and Biodiversity Area , without changing the acronym. IBAs are determined by an internationally agreed set of criteria. Specific IBA thresholds are set by regional and national governing organizations. To be listed as an IBA,
48-502: A site must satisfy at least one of the following rating criteria: The site qualifies if it is known, estimated or thought to hold a population of a species categorized by the IUCN Red List as Critically Endangered , Endangered or Vulnerable . In general, the regular presence of a Critical or Endangered species, irrespective of population size, at a site may be sufficient for a site to qualify as an IBA. For Vulnerable species,
60-479: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages New College Valley A 103 hectares (250 acres) site at Caughley Beach has been designated an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International because it supports a colony of about 40,000 breeding pairs of Adélie penguins , the largest of three at Cape Bird. There are an estimated 140 breeding pairs of South Polar skua within 1,000 metres (3,300 ft) of
72-528: The Adélie Penguin colon. Other species seen in the vicimity include Weddell seals ( Leptonychotes weddellii ), Crabeater seals ( Lobodon carcinophagus ), Leopard seals ( Hydrurga leptonyx ) and killer whales ( Orcinus orca ). New College Valley lies south of Cape Bird , on ice-free slopes above Caughley Beach. It faces north-west and carries meltwater from the Cape Bird ice cap during
84-775: The University of Southampton that existed from 1997 to 2006 New College, Swindon , Swindon New College, Telford , Wellington New College Worcester , Worcester New College of the Humanities , Bloomsbury, London United States [ edit ] New College at Frisco, University of North Texas New College Berkeley , California New College of Florida , Sarasota, Florida New College of California , San Francisco Bay Area, California, now defunct New College, University of Alabama , Tuscaloosa, Alabama New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, Arizona State University , Phoenix, Arizona Before it
96-554: The conservation of bird populations. IBA was developed and sites are identified by BirdLife International . There are over 13,000 IBAs worldwide. These sites are small enough to be entirely conserved and differ in their character, habitat or ornithological importance from the surrounding habitat. In the United States the program is administered by the National Audubon Society . Often IBAs form part of
108-407: The presence of more than threshold numbers at a site is necessary to trigger selection. The site forms one of a set selected to ensure that all restricted-range species of an Endemic Bird Area (EBA) or a Secondary Area (SA) are present in significant numbers in at least one site and preferably more. The site forms one of a set selected to ensure adequate representation of all species restricted to
120-480: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about schools, colleges, or other educational institutions which are associated with the same title. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=New_College&oldid=1086023526 " Category : Educational institution disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
132-549: The summer. It is protected as Antarctic Specially Protected Area (ASPA) No.116 because it contains some of the richest stands of mosses , with associated microflora and fauna , in the Ross Sea region. This Ross Island location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Important Bird Area An Important Bird and Biodiversity Area ( IBA ) is an area identified using an internationally agreed set of criteria as being globally important for
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#1732771725584144-465: Was named in 1639, Harvard College was often referred to as "the New College"; it is debatable whether or not this was ever a name in the usual sense of the word New College, Teachers College, Columbia University was an undergraduate teacher education college that existed from 1932 to 1939 See also [ edit ] New School (disambiguation) [REDACTED] Topics referred to by
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