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Return Point

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A 194 ha tract of land, including both Return Point and Cheal Point, has been identified as an
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The point was discovered on 7 December 1821 by Captain
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is a rocky slope forming the south-west extremity of
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Coronation Island
South Orkney Islands
Antarctica
Cheal Point
George Powell
Nathaniel Palmer
Important Bird Area
BirdLife International
breeding colony
chinstrap penguins
"Return Point & Cheal Point, Coronation Island"
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Important Bird Areas
Queen Elizabeth Land
Berkner Island
Coats Land
Coalseam Cliffs
Mount Faraway
Stewart Buttress
Dawson-Lambton Glacier
Luitpold Coast
Stancomb-Wills Glacier

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