Mirounga Flats

The Mirounga Flats (60°42′S 45°36′W) are a small partially enclosed tidal area in the inner, northwestern corner of Borge Bay, Signy Island, in the South Orkney Islands off Antarctica. The area's eastern limit is formed by the Thule Islands; its northern and western limits by Signy Island. The tidal area dries at low water. The flats were roughly surveyed in 1933 by Discovery Investigations personnel, and were resurveyed in 1947 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS). The feature was so named by the FIDS because elephant seals (Mirounga leonina) are found there in large numbers during the moulting period.