Antarctica
49
Documented species
5
Parks and reserves
1
Dive sites
49 species found
Based on what we already know about South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands.
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The largest king penguin colony in the world (over 150,000 pairs) and the site of Ernest Shackleton's grave
One of the greatest concentrations in the world of wandering albatross and other threatened seabirds on a tiny patch of ground
It complements the protection of South Georgia with the largest Antarctic fur seal population in the world, recovered from a mere handful of survivors in 1900
A remote chain of active volcanic islands, with two volcanoes showing documented recent eruptive activity
It holds one of the largest single seabird colonies on the planet, with more than a million pairs of chinstrap penguin on an active volcano
A remote subantarctic territory with dense giant kelp forests and one of the largest king penguin colonies in the world.
Grey-Headed Albatross
Thalassarche chrysostoma
Blue Whale
Balaenoptera musculus
Antarctic Fur Seal
Arctocephalus gazella
Killer Whale
Orcinus orca
Emperor Penguin
Aptenodytes forsteri
Sei Whale
Balaenoptera borealis
Fin Whale
Balaenoptera physalus
Basking Shark
Cetorhinus maximus
Southern Royal Albatross
Diomedea epomophora
Wandering Albatross
Diomedea exulans
Sperm Whale
Physeter macrocephalus
Southern Elephant Seal
Mirounga leonina
Endangered
