Where can you see the Slender-billed Prion?
Some of the best places to see the Slender-billed Prion in the wild include Elsehul Bay (South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands), Murrell Farm (Falkland Islands) and Fortuna Bay (South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands) — among 13 wildlife hotspots across South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, Falkland Islands and Chile. Every hotspot below shows real sighting data and the best seasons to visit.
Cabo de Hornos National Park
Cape Horn, Chile
+88 birds+9 mammals
Where the Andes plunge into the Southern Ocean and the Drake Passage churns between two continents, Cabo de Hornos National Park sprawls across one of Earth's…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKCape Dolphin
falskland islands, Falkland Islands
+54 birds+1 mammals
Where windswept grasslands meet dramatic coastal cliffs, the Falkland Islands' northern reaches reveal one of the Southern Hemisphere's most compelling seabird sanctuaries. The terrain here is…
VIEW NATURE RESERVECooper 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 LANDSCAPEKidney Island
Stanley, Falkland Islands
+47 birds
Wind-scoured tussock grassland sweeps across this remote South Atlantic outcrop, where peaty soils and exposed rock formations create a landscape as austere as it is vital.…
VIEW ISLAND & ARCHIPELAGOMurrell Farm
falskland islands, Falkland Islands
+54 birds
Rolling grasslands sweep across windswept plateaux where the South Atlantic exerts its relentless influence on the vegetation, sculpting tussock grassland into a tapestry of browns and…
VIEW NATURE RESERVEPrion Island
Prince Olav Harbour, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
+36 birds+2 mammals
Windswept tussock grasslands rise sharply from boulder-strewn beaches where the Southern Ocean hurls its grey swells against black volcanic rock. This remote speck in South Georgia's…
VIEW ISLAND & ARCHIPELAGOSalisbury 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…
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