Caughley Beach
Caughley Beach 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 No.116, lies above the beach.
Important Bird Area
[Image:RossIslandMap.jpg|thumb|Ross Island. Cape Bird in the northwest ]A site at Caughley Beach has been designated an Important Bird Area 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 of the Adélie penguin colony
Other species seen in the vicinity include Weddell seals, crabeater seals, leopard seals and killer whales.
New College Valley
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 the summer.
It is protected as Antarctic Specially Protected Area No.116 because it contains some of the richest stands of mosses, with associated microflora and fauna, in the Ross Sea region.