Where can you see the Blue Petrel?
Some of the best places to see the Blue Petrel in the wild include Elsehul Bay (South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands), St. Andrews Bay (South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands) and Cooper Bay (South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands) — among 5 wildlife hotspots across South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. Every hotspot below shows real sighting data and the best seasons to visit.
Cooper Bay
Cooper Bay, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
+27 birds+9 mammals
Where black-sand beaches meet towering cliffs striped with cascading meltwater, one of the Southern Ocean’s most dramatic amphitheaters reveals itself. […]
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Bird Island Station, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
+29 birds+4 mammals
Granite peaks rise sheer from the Southern Ocean, their weathered faces streaked with cascading meltwater and cloaked in tussock grass […]
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Prince Olav Harbour, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
+25 birds
Windswept tussock grasslands rise sharply from boulder-strewn beaches where the Southern Ocean hurls its grey swells against black volcanic rock. […]
VIEW ISLAND & ARCHIPELAGOSalisbury Plain
South Georgia, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
+26 birds+3 mammals
Where tussock grasses bow to relentless Antarctic winds and glacial meltwater carves braided channels through obsidian volcanic soil, one of […]
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South Georgia, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
+28 birds+11 mammals
Where windswept tundra dissolves into obsidian beaches, one of the planet’s most extraordinary wildlife theaters unfolds across St. Andrews Bay. […]
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