The Environment of the Bunger Hills - 1999-2000

During the 1999/2000 summer a group of four people visited the Bunger Hills (66 degrees 20 minutes S, 100 degrees 50 minutes E), an area of ice-free rock situated in Wilkes Land, eastern Antarctica, with the aim of gathering scientific and other information to support the development of an Environmental Impact Assessment for the use of sites in the area for landings by large aircraft capable of intercontinental flight. The following report, which describes the natural history of the Bunger Hills, was developed from observations made in the field during this visit supplemented by information published previously. This report is divided into several sections. The remainder of Section 1 deals with the geographical setting, nomenclature and occupational history of the Bunger Hills; Section 2 covers the weather; Section 3 briefly discusses the geology, geomorphology and Quaternary history; Section 4 covers the hydrology, physics, chemistry and biology of the extensive lake systems of the Hills; Section 5 discusses the terrestrial flora; and Section 6 covers the terrestrial fauna. The download file contains a large number of figures, tables, images and a written report.A data extract from the Biodiversity database, containing 140 rows of data was made by Johnathan Kool on 2025-07-18.

1999/2000年夏季，由四人组成的科考团队造访了位于南极东部威尔克斯地的邦杰丘陵（Bunger Hills，南纬66°20′，东经100°50′）——一片无冰裸露的岩石区域。本次考察旨在收集科学及相关资料，以支撑针对该区域内可供洲际大型客机着陆的场地开展环境影响评估（Environmental Impact Assessment）的相关工作。本报告详述了邦杰丘陵的自然历史，其内容基于本次野外考察的实地观测结果，并补充了此前已发表的公开资料。报告共分为多个章节：第1章余下部分将阐述邦杰丘陵的地理背景、命名沿革与开发利用历史；第2章涵盖该区域的气象状况；第3章简要论述其地质、地貌与第四纪演化历史；第4章论述该丘陵区域广阔湖泊系统的水文、物理、化学及生物学特征；第5章探讨陆地植物区系；第6章涵盖陆地动物区系。本次可供下载的文件包含大量插图、表格、影像资料及完整书面报告。乔纳森·库尔（Johnathan Kool）于2025年7月18日从生物多样性数据库（Biodiversity database）中提取了一份包含140条数据记录的数据集。