Tsibirin Dassen

Dassen tsibiri ne na Afirka ta Kudu wanda ba a zaune ba a cikin Tekun Atlantika . Yana da nisan kilomita 10 kilometres (6 mi) (6 yammacin Yzerfontein da kilomita 55 kilometres (34 mi) (34 arewacin Cape Town. Tsibirin da ke ƙasa da ƙasa yana da kimanin kilomita 3.1 kilometres (1.9 mi) (1.9 mi) tsawo arewa maso yamma- kudu maso gabas da kilomita 1 (0.6 mi) fadi, tare da yanki na 2.73 square kilometres (1.05 sq mi) sq mi). An ayyana shi a matsayin ajiyar yanayi. A cikin Yaren mutanen Holland "das", jam'i shine "dassen", ƙwaro ne (Meles meles). A cikin Yaren mutanen Holland / Afrikaans kalmar "dassie" tana nufin "dutse-hyrax" ko "dutse" kuma an sanya sunan tsibirin ne bayan yankunan hyraxes (Procavia capensis) da masu binciken suka haɗu da su a can. An kira shi Ilha Branca ('farin tsibiri') ta hanyar masu aikin jirgin ruwa na Portuguese na farko, Joris van Spilbergen ya sake masa suna Elizabeth Eiland a cikin 1601. An fi son nau'in Dasseneiland (Dutch / Afrikaans) don dalilai na hukuma. An kuma kira shi a wasu lokuta da tsibirin Penguin . Tsibirin yana da tushe da dutse mai kyau, tare da wasu yankuna na dutse mai laushi. Duwatsun da ke shiga (ƙarshen Precambrian) an rufe su da yashi. Tare da yawancin bakin teku manyan duwatsu masu zagaye suna fitowa daga yashi zuwa tsawo sama da alamar ruwa mai tsawo. Kodayake pans na wucin gadi suna samuwa a lokacin rigar (tsaki) a cikin ciki, akwai ruwa mai kyau a tsibirin. Sai dai a gefen gabas, tsibirin Dassen yana kewaye da reefs. Jiragen ruwa da yawa sun lalace a nan. Ƙasar Penguin ta Afirka Hanyoyin dutse a tsibirin sun kasance suna sawa da tsararraki na penguins da ke zuwa bakin teku zuwa gida da gidaje. Tsibirin gida ne ga mazaunin kiwo na Afirka Penguin wanda ke raguwa. A cikin shekarun 1950 ya kasance gida ga dubban dabbobi. A shekara ta 1975 yawan jama'a ya kai kimanin tsuntsaye 60,000. A cikin shekara ta 2000, an kiyasta yawan jama'a 56,000. Yawan jama'a ya sami mummunar tasiri ta hanyar cinikin ƙwai, tarin guano (wanda tsuntsaye ke buƙatar tonowa a ciki), da kuma yawan kamun kifi na nau'in ganima (ciki har da pilchard). Tsibirin Dassen kuma yana kan babbar hanyar jigilar kayayyaki, kuma a cikin 1975, kimanin tankunan mai 650 sun wuce kowane wata. Rashin gurɓataccen man fetur wanda ya samo asali ne daga zubar da farashi da kuma zubar da man fetur a wasu lokuta (kamar zubar da mai na MV Treasure) sun kuma shafi yawan jama'a. Haɗin waje Hotuna da Dabbobi na Tsibirin Dassen Archived 2013-12-08 at the Wayback Machine Manazarta