Drescher Inlet

Drescher Inlet, also known as Dreschereisfrontkerbe, is an inlet or iceport in the front Riiser-Larsen Ice Shelf on the coast of Queen Maud Land, Antarctica. Some 25 km long and 3 km wide, it was named after Eberhard Drescher (1944–1983), a marine biologist at Germany’s Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research.

Emperor penguins breed in the IBA

Important Bird Area

A 368 ha site on fast ice near the inlet has been designated an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International because it supports a colony of about 6,600 emperor penguinss, the number estimated from 2009 satellite imagery. Weddell seals are also known to breed in the vicinity.[1]

References
  1. "Drescher Inlet (Dreschereisfrontkerbe)". BirdLife Data Zone. BirdLife International. 2015. Retrieved 2 November 2020.

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