Where can you see the Imperial Shag?
Some of the best places to see the Imperial Shag in the wild include Neko Harbour (Antarctica), Port Stephens (Falkland Islands) and Elsehul Bay (South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands) — among 31 wildlife hotspots across Antarctica, Falkland Islands, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, Chile and Argentina. Every hotspot below shows real sighting data and the best seasons to visit.
Brown Bluff
Brown Bluff, Antarctica
+18 birds+3 mammals
Where rust-colored volcanic peaks pierce the Antarctic Peninsula’s icy realm, a geologist’s dreamscape unfolds beneath towering cliffs of iron oxide […]
VIEW PROTECTED LANDSCAPECabo de Hornos National Park
Cape Horn, Chile
+34 birds+1 mammals
Where granite peaks plunge into the Southern Ocean and beech forests cling to windswept slopes, one of Earth’s most remote […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKCape Dolphin
falskland islands, Falkland Islands
+33 birds+1 mammals
Where windswept grasslands meet dramatic coastal cliffs, the Falkland Islands’ northern reaches reveal one of the Southern Hemisphere’s most compelling […]
VIEW NATURE RESERVECooper 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. […]
VIEW PROTECTED LANDSCAPECorcovado National Park
Chaitén, Chile
+32 birds+2 mammals
Where temperate rainforests collide with fjord systems and windswept coastline, one of South America’s most pristine wilderness areas unfolds across […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKCuverville Island
Cuverville Island, Antarctica
+14 birds+7 mammals
Where black volcanic peaks jut from the Gerlache Strait, penguin colonies blanket the rocky shores in a cacophony of sound […]
VIEW ISLAND & ARCHIPELAGODanco Island
Danco Island, Antarctica
+14 birds+5 mammals
Dramatic black rock pierces the Antarctic Peninsula’s icy waters, crowned with permanent snow and ringed by calving glaciers that thunder […]
VIEW ISLAND & ARCHIPELAGODeception Island
Gabriel de Castilla Base, Antarctica
+16 birds+6 mammals
Steaming geothermal vents pierce a landscape of blackened volcanic sand and ice, where the earth’s raw power still trembles beneath […]
VIEW ISLAND & ARCHIPELAGOElsehul Bay
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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