Antarctica
49
Documented species
5
Parks and reserves
1
Dive sites
49 species found
Based on what we already know about South Georgia and the 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.
Crabeater Seal
Lobodon carcinophaga
Weddell Seal
Leptonychotes weddellii
Leopard Seal
Hydrurga leptonyx
Kelp Gull
Larus dominicanus
Antarctic Krill
Euphausia superba
South Polar Skua
Stercorarius maccormicki
Wilson's Storm Petrel
Oceanites oceanicus
Snowy Sheathbill
Chionis albus
Antarctic Petrel
Thalassoica antarctica
Cape Petrel
Daption capense
Snow Petrel
Pagodroma nivea
Southern Giant Petrel
Macronectes giganteus
Least Concern
