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.
Chinstrap Penguin
Pygoscelis antarcticus
Adélie Penguin
Pygoscelis adeliae
Magellanic Penguin
Spheniscus magellanicus
Gentoo Penguin
Pygoscelis papua
King Penguin
Aptenodytes patagonicus
Minke Whale
Balaenoptera acutorostrata
Tope
Galeorhinus galeus
Shortfin Mako
Isurus oxyrinchus
Bluefish
Pomatomus saltatrix
Porbeagle
Lamna nasus
Common Diving-Petrel
Pelecanoides urinatrix
Yellowbelly Rockcod
Notothenia coriiceps
Least Concern
