Breeding site details
Christoffersen Island
Macronectes giganteus (Southern Giant Petrel) (profile)
Island Group: | South Orkney Islands |
Jurisdiction: | Antarctic |
Position: | 60° 44' S 45° 06' W |
Breeding Area: | Unknown |
Current Population: |
200 in 1983 Count method: nesting pairs |
stdb tracking : | No tracks |

Other breeding sites for Macronectes giganteus (Southern Giant Petrel)
Jurisdiction | Island Group | Breeding site name |
Distance (km) |
Bearing (deg) |
Antarctic | Biscoe Islands | Channel Island (Armstrong Reef), Channel Island | 1,196 | 232 |
Antarctic | Biscoe Islands | Entrance Island (Armstrong Reef), Entrance Island | 1,196 | 232 |
Antarctic | Biscoe Islands | Gull Island (Armstrong Reef), Gull Island | 1,196 | 232 |
Antarctic | Biscoe Islands | Line Island (Armstrong Reef), Line Island | 1,196 | 232 |
Antarctic | Biscoe Islands | Lulu Island (Armstrong Reef), Lulu Island | 1,196 | 232 |
Antarctic | Biscoe Islands | Mica Island (Armstrong Reef), Mica Island | 1,196 | 232 |
Antarctic | Biscoe Islands | Olive Island (Armstrong Reef), Olive Island | 1,196 | 232 |
Antarctic | Biscoe Islands | Passage Island (Armstrong Reef), Passage Island | 1,196 | 232 |
Antarctic | Biscoe Islands | Rabot Island | 1,182 | 232 |
Antarctic | Biscoe Islands | Skua Island (Armstrong Reef), Skua Island (Biscoe) | 1,196 | 232 |
Norway | Bouvet Island | Bouvet Island, Nyroysa | 2,902 | 98 |
France | Crozet | Ile aux Cochons | 5,934 | 121 |
France | Crozet | Ile de l'Est | 5,993 | 122 |
France | Crozet | Ile de la Possession | 5,975 | 122 |
France | Crozet | Ile des Apotres | 5,953 | 121 |
France | Crozet | Ile des Pingouins | 5,912 | 121 |
Antarctic | Danco Coast | Alcock Island | 907 | 238 |
Antarctic | Danco Coast | Midas Island | 903 | 238 |
Antarctic | Danco Coast | Moss Island | 906 | 238 |
Antarctic | Danco Coast | Punta Sucia | 898 | 238 |
Antarctic | Danco Coast | Sterneck Island | 900 | 238 |
Antarctic | Elephant Island | Elephant Island | 543 | 261 |
Antarctic | Elephant Island | Seal Island | 557 | 263 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | Barren, Barren Island | 1,373 | 313 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | Beauchene Island | 1,219 | 309 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | Bleaker Island, Bleaker | 1,265 | 312 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | Burnt Islet, Burnt Islet (South Burnt Island, Saunders) | 1,395 | 312 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | Carcass | 1,418 | 311 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | Dyke (Weddell) | 1,369 | 308 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | East Falkland, Black Rincon (Berkley Sound) | 1,288 | 317 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | East Falkland, Cape Dolphin | 1,360 | 315 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | East Falkland, Driftwood Point, North Arm | 1,271 | 312 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | East Falkland, False Bull Point, North Arm | 1,269 | 311 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | East Falkland, Fanny Point, North Arm | 1,283 | 311 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | East Falkland, Lafonia | ? | ? |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | East Falkland, Motley Point, Walker Creek | 1,272 | 313 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | East Falkland, Mutiny Point, North Arm | 1,294 | 311 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | East Falkland, Rincon Grande | 1,311 | 316 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | George Island, George | 1,290 | 310 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | Golden Knob, Golden Knob (Elephant Cays) | 1,309 | 310 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | Governor, Governor (Beaver) | 1,393 | 308 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | Grand Jason | 1,460 | 310 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | Jason West Cay | 1,479 | 310 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | Lively Island, Lively | 1,260 | 314 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | Low (Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)), Low (Byron Sound) | 1,320 | 308 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | New Island | 1,410 | 308 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | Pebble Island, Pebble | 1,376 | 313 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | Penn, Penn (Beaver) | 1,397 | 308 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | Sandy Cay (Elephant Cays) | 1,312 | 310 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | Sea Lion | 1,251 | 311 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | Ship Harbour Island | 1,410 | 308 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | Speedwell Island, Speedwell | 1,299 | 310 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | Steeple Jason | 1,466 | 310 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | Swan Island, Swan (Falkland Sound) | 1,334 | 312 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | Third Passage (K. George Bay) | 1,403 | 310 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | West (Cape Orford) | 1,370 | 308 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | West Falkland, Hope Point, Dunbar | 1,416 | 311 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | West Falkland, Rookery Point, Albermarle | 1,331 | 309 |
Antarctic | Frazier Islands | Charlton Island | 5,753 | 168 |
Antarctic | Frazier Islands | Dewart Island | 5,753 | 168 |
Antarctic | Frazier Islands | Nelly Island (Frazier), Nelly Island (Antarctic) | 5,752 | 168 |
United Kingdom | Gough | Gough Island | 3,297 | 63 |
Antarctic | Hawker Island | Hawker Island | 4,928 | 154 |
Australia | Heard and McDonald Islands | Heard Island | 6,235 | 141 |
Australia | Heard and McDonald Islands | McDonald Island | 6,218 | 140 |
Argentina | Isla de los Estados | Isla de los Estados, Peninsula Lopez | 1,320 | 291 |
Argentina | Isla de los Estados | Isla Observatorio | 1,311 | 293 |
Chile | Isla Noir | Isla Noir | 1,785 | 280 |
Chile | Islas Diego Ramirez | Gonzalo Island, Isla Gonzalo | 1,434 | 279 |
France | Kerguelen | Kerguelen (Grande Terre), Rallier du Baty Peninsula | 6,407 | 135 |
Australia | Macquarie Island | Macquarie Island | 7,016 | 195 |
Antarctic | Marguerite Bay | Avian Island | 1,377 | 225 |
Antarctic | Marguerite Bay | Pourquoi Pas Island | 1,330 | 225 |
Argentina | North Patagonia | Isla Arce | 2,202 | 313 |
Argentina | North Patagonia | Isla Gran Robredo | 2,211 | 312 |
Antarctic | Palmer Archipelago | Anvers Island | 1,032 | 238 |
Antarctic | Palmer Archipelago | Joubin Island | 1,077 | 237 |
Antarctic | Palmer Archipelago | Litchfield Island | 1,061 | 237 |
Antarctic | Pointe Geologie | Ile des Petrels | 5,843 | 183 |
Antarctic | Pointe Geologie | Ile Gouverneur | 5,840 | 183 |
Antarctic | Pointe Geologie | Ile Jean Rostand | 5,842 | 183 |
South Africa | Prince Edward Islands | Marion Island | 5,256 | 113 |
South Africa | Prince Edward Islands | Prince Edward Island, Prince Edward Island | 5,289 | 113 |
Antarctic | Rookery Islands | Giganteus Island | 4,604 | 147 |
Disputed | South Georgia (Islas Georgias del Sur) | Albatross Island (SGSSI (IGSISS)) | 881 | 35 |
Disputed | South Georgia (Islas Georgias del Sur) | Annenkov Island | 843 | 38 |
Disputed | South Georgia (Islas Georgias del Sur) | Bird Island (SGSSI (IGSISS)) | 859 | 33 |
Disputed | South Georgia (Islas Georgias del Sur) | Cooper Island | 860 | 44 |
Disputed | South Georgia (Islas Georgias del Sur) | Grass Island | 888 | 38 |
Disputed | South Georgia (Islas Georgias del Sur) | Harcourt Island | 844 | 38 |
Disputed | South Georgia (Islas Georgias del Sur) | Inner Lee Island | 880 | 36 |
Disputed | South Georgia (Islas Georgias del Sur) | Invisible Island | 880 | 35 |
Disputed | South Georgia (Islas Georgias del Sur) | Kupriyanov Islands , Kupriyanov Islands | 844 | 42 |
Disputed | South Georgia (Islas Georgias del Sur) | Mollymawk Island | 881 | 35 |
Disputed | South Georgia (Islas Georgias del Sur) | Outer Lee Island | 883 | 36 |
Disputed | South Georgia (Islas Georgias del Sur) | Pickersgill Islands | 841 | 40 |
Disputed | South Georgia (Islas Georgias del Sur) | Prion Island | 881 | 36 |
Disputed | South Georgia (Islas Georgias del Sur) | Saddle Island | 855 | 34 |
Disputed | South Georgia (Islas Georgias del Sur) | Samuel Islands , Samuel Islands | 854 | 35 |
Disputed | South Georgia (Islas Georgias del Sur) | Skua Island (SGSSI (IGSISS)), Skua Island | 882 | 36 |
Disputed | South Georgia (Islas Georgias del Sur) | South Georgia, Barff | 867 | 38 |
Disputed | South Georgia (Islas Georgias del Sur) | South Georgia, Cumberland | 867 | 38 |
Disputed | South Georgia (Islas Georgias del Sur) | South Georgia, Northwest | 867 | 38 |
Disputed | South Georgia (Islas Georgias del Sur) | South Georgia, Nunez | 867 | 38 |
Disputed | South Georgia (Islas Georgias del Sur) | South Georgia, Salvesen | 867 | 38 |
Disputed | South Georgia (Islas Georgias del Sur) | South Georgia, South Coast | 867 | 38 |
Disputed | South Georgia (Islas Georgias del Sur) | South Georgia, Stromness | 867 | 38 |
Antarctic | South Orkney Islands | Laurie Island | 26 | 90 |
Antarctic | South Orkney Islands | Michelsen Island | 4 | 90 |
Antarctic | South Orkney Islands | Powell Island | 6 | 334 |
Antarctic | South Orkney Islands | Signy Island | 7 | 56 |
Disputed | South Sandwich Islands (Islas Sandwich del Sur) | Candlemas Island | 1,125 | 77 |
Disputed | South Sandwich Islands (Islas Sandwich del Sur) | Zavodovski Island | 1,126 | 72 |
Antarctic | South Shetland Islands | Aitcho Island | 797 | 250 |
Antarctic | South Shetland Islands | Ardley Island | 750 | 251 |
Antarctic | South Shetland Islands | Barrientos Island | 796 | 250 |
Antarctic | South Shetland Islands | Cecilia Island | 795 | 250 |
Antarctic | South Shetland Islands | Diomedea (Albatross) Island | 752 | 251 |
Antarctic | South Shetland Islands | Geologists Island | 752 | 251 |
Antarctic | South Shetland Islands | Greenwich Island, Canto Point | 795 | 250 |
Antarctic | South Shetland Islands | King George Island | 716 | 253 |
Antarctic | South Shetland Islands | Livingston Island | 830 | 249 |
Antarctic | South Shetland Islands | Nelson Island | 756 | 251 |
Antarctic | South Shetland Islands | Penguin Island (Antarctic), Penguin Island | 697 | 252 |
Antarctic | South Shetland Islands | Robert Island | 784 | 250 |
Antarctic | South Shetland Islands | Snow Island, President Head | 874 | 248 |
Antarctic | South Shetland Islands | Stonehut Island (Clothier Harbour), Stonehut Island | 790 | 251 |
Antarctic | South Shetland Islands | Stonehut South East (Clothier Harbour), Stonehut South East | 790 | 251 |
Antarctic | South Shetland Islands | Trypot Island (Clothier Harbour), Trypot Island | 790 | 251 |
Antarctic | South Shetland Islands | Two Summit Island | 752 | 251 |
United Kingdom | Tristan da Cunha | Tristan da Cunha | 3,495 | 56 |