Owen Island
Owen Island in the Antarctic is a small, circular, ice-free island lying between Round Point and Pottinger Point about 500 m off the north coast of King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands. It was charted and named in 1935 by DI personnel on the Discovery II.The island has been identified as an Important Bird Area by BirdLife International because it supports a large breeding colony of about 21,000 pairs of chinstrap penguins.
