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Dailey Islands

The Dailey Islands are a group of small volcanic islands lying off the coast of Victoria Land, 9 kilometres (5 nmi) northeast of Cape Chocolate, in the northern part of the ice shelf bordering McMurdo Sound. They were discovered by the British National Antarctic Expedition, 1901–04, under Robert Falcon Scott, and named for Fred E. Dailey, the expedition carpenter.

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A 1,654 ha site comprising the island group and the intervening marine area has been designated an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International because it supports about 77 breeding pairs of south polar skuas, based on a 1981 estimate. The closest permanent stations are New Zealand’s Scott Base and the United States’ McMurdo Station, some 35 km to the east on Ross Island.

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