Where can you see the Kerguelen Petrel?
Some of the best places to see the Kerguelen Petrel in the wild include Elsehul Bay (South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands), Fortuna Bay (South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands) and Sea Lion Island (Falkland Islands) — among 5 wildlife hotspots across South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands and Falkland 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
+28 birds+5 mammals
Where black-sand beaches meet towering cliffs striped with cascading meltwater, one of the Southern Ocean's most dramatic amphitheaters reveals itself. Cooper Bay cuts a deep indent…
VIEW PROTECTED LANDSCAPEElsehul Bay
Bird Island Station, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
+33 birds+4 mammals
Granite peaks rise sheer from the Southern Ocean, their weathered faces streaked with cascading meltwater and cloaked in tussock grass that bends beneath relentless winds. This…
VIEW PROTECTED LANDSCAPEFortuna Bay
Stromness, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
+37 birds+5 mammals
Where tussock grasslands sweep down to black-sand beaches and elephant seals haul out in thunderous colonies, the raw sub-Antarctic landscape reveals itself in its most dramatic…
VIEW PROTECTED LANDSCAPESalisbury Plain
South Georgia, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
+33 birds+4 mammals
Where tussock grasses bow to relentless Antarctic winds and glacial meltwater carves braided channels through obsidian volcanic soil, one of Earth's most remote wildlife sanctuaries reveals…
VIEW PROTECTED LANDSCAPESea Lion Island
Sealion Island Settlement, Falkland Islands
+74 birds+3 mammals
Windswept tussock grasslands roll across volcanic terrain where Southern Ocean swells crash against rocky shores, creating one of the Falkland Islands' most dramatic wildlife theatres. This…
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