Lucas Island


Lucas Island is a small island lying just west of the Vestfold Hills, Antarctica, north-west of Plog Island. It was mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition and called "Plogsteinen". It was mapped by the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions in 1958 and renamed for W.C. Lucas, a diesel mechanic at Davis Station, 1957.

Important Bird Area

A 9 ha site comprising the whole island has also been designated an Important Bird Area by BirdLife International because it supports about 14,000 breeding pairs of Adélie penguins.