Where can you see the Common Killer Whale?
Some of the best places to see the Common Killer Whale in the wild include Neko Harbour (Antarctica), Elsehul Bay (South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands) and Paulet Island (Antarctica) — among 18 wildlife hotspots across 6 countries, including Antarctica, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, Falkland Islands and Norway. 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 LANDSCAPECooper 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 LANDSCAPECuverville 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 & 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 […]
VIEW PROTECTED LANDSCAPEEstrecho Nature Park
Pedro Valiente, Spain
+135 birds+23 mammals
Where Mediterranean pine forests meet wind-sculpted coastal cliffs, one of Europe’s most dynamic ecological crossroads unfolds across the Strait of […]
VIEW NATURAL PARKFortuna Bay
Stromness, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
+26 birds+9 mammals
Where tussock grasslands sweep down to black-sand beaches and elephant seals haul out in thunderous colonies, the raw sub-Antarctic landscape […]
VIEW PROTECTED LANDSCAPEGlacier Bay National Park
Unorganized Borough, United States
+12 birds+19 mammals
Tidewater glaciers calve thunderous bergs into pristine fjords where the Alaskan wilderness reaches its most dramatic expression. Spanning 26,400 square […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKLemaire Channel
Orne Harbour, Antarctica
+17 birds+10 mammals
Where granite peaks plunge into steel-grey waters, the Lemaire Channel carves one of Antarctica’s most dramatic passages. This narrow strait, […]
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