Terra Nova Bay
ASPA 173
Antarctica (Victoria Land, Ross Sea)Designated in 200412 km²
A critical winter refuge for the Antarctic icefish, a family of fish with no haemoglobin in the blood, adapted to extreme cold
Area
12 km²
Designated in
2004
Region
Antarctica (Victoria Land, Ross Sea)
Designated an ASPA in 2004, Terra Nova Bay protects coastal waters that serve as a critical winter refuge for the Antarctic icefish, an evolutionarily unique family of fish that has lost haemoglobin from its blood entirely, an extreme adaptation to the freezing, oxygen-rich water of the Southern Ocean that has not been documented in any other vertebrate family on the planet.
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Terra Nova Bay: 11 documented species
Mammals4Birds6Malacostraca1
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Birdwatching
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