South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands
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Natural phenomena in South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands
- Cría del pingüino rey en Georgia del Sur — Noviembre a marzo (pico dic-ene)
Parks and reserves
South Georgia (Grytviken and St Andrews Bay)
The largest king penguin colony in the world (over 150,000 pairs) and the site of Ernest Shackleton's grave
View parkSpecial Nature ReserveBird Island, South Georgia
One of the greatest concentrations in the world of wandering albatross and other threatened seabirds on a tiny patch of ground
View parkNature ReserveSouth Georgia (Isla San Pedro)
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
View parkNature ReserveSouth Sandwich Islands
A remote chain of active volcanic islands, with two volcanoes in documented recent eruption
View parkNature ReserveZavodovski Island
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
View parkDiving and snorkelling
Especies documentadas en South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands
49 species found
EndangeredBlue Whale
Balaenoptera musculus
EndangeredAntarctic Fur Seal
Arctocephalus gazella
EndangeredKiller Whale
Orcinus orca
EndangeredEmperor Penguin
Aptenodytes forsteri
EndangeredFin Whale
Balaenoptera physalus
EndangeredBasking Shark
Cetorhinus maximus
VulnerableSouthern Royal Albatross
Diomedea epomophora
VulnerableSperm Whale
Physeter macrocephalus
VulnerableSouthern Elephant Seal
Mirounga leonina
VulnerableMacaroni Penguin
Eudyptes chrysolophus
Near ThreatenedBlue Shark
Prionace glauca
Least ConcernBlack-browed Albatross
Thalassarche melanophris
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