Breeding site details
George
Macronectes giganteus (Southern Giant Petrel) (profile)
Island: | George Island |
Island Group: | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) |
Jurisdiction: | Disputed |
Position: | 52° 20' 30" S 59° 45' W |
Breeding Area: | 240,000 hectares |
Current Population: |
264 in 2015/16 Count method: chicks and eggs Latest Trend unknown |
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 | 1,552 | 191 |
Antarctic | Biscoe Islands | Entrance Island (Armstrong Reef), Entrance Island | 1,552 | 191 |
Antarctic | Biscoe Islands | Gull Island (Armstrong Reef), Gull Island | 1,552 | 191 |
Antarctic | Biscoe Islands | Line Island (Armstrong Reef), Line Island | 1,552 | 191 |
Antarctic | Biscoe Islands | Lulu Island (Armstrong Reef), Lulu Island | 1,552 | 191 |
Antarctic | Biscoe Islands | Mica Island (Armstrong Reef), Mica Island | 1,552 | 191 |
Antarctic | Biscoe Islands | Olive Island (Armstrong Reef), Olive Island | 1,552 | 191 |
Antarctic | Biscoe Islands | Passage Island (Armstrong Reef), Passage Island | 1,552 | 191 |
Antarctic | Biscoe Islands | Rabot Island | 1,548 | 191 |
Antarctic | Biscoe Islands | Skua Island (Armstrong Reef), Skua Island (Biscoe) | 1,552 | 191 |
Norway | Bouvet Island | Bouvet Island, Nyroysa | 4,053 | 119 |
France | Crozet | Ile aux Cochons | 7,209 | 134 |
France | Crozet | Ile de l'Est | 7,273 | 135 |
France | Crozet | Ile de la Possession | 7,255 | 135 |
France | Crozet | Ile des Apotres | 7,229 | 134 |
France | Crozet | Ile des Pingouins | 7,189 | 134 |
Antarctic | Danco Coast | Alcock Island | 1,326 | 183 |
Antarctic | Danco Coast | Midas Island | 1,318 | 183 |
Antarctic | Danco Coast | Moss Island | 1,316 | 183 |
Antarctic | Danco Coast | Punta Sucia | 1,319 | 183 |
Antarctic | Danco Coast | Sterneck Island | 1,322 | 183 |
Antarctic | Elephant Island | Elephant Island | 1,018 | 166 |
Antarctic | Elephant Island | Seal Island | 997 | 166 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | Barren, Barren Island | 106 | 2 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | Beauchene Island | 72 | 149 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | Bleaker Island, Bleaker | 61 | 78 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | Burnt Islet, Burnt Islet (South Burnt Island, Saunders) | 114 | 347 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | Carcass | 130 | 334 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | Dyke (Weddell) | 87 | 296 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | East Falkland, Black Rincon (Berkley Sound) | 151 | 56 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | East Falkland, Cape Dolphin | 135 | 24 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | East Falkland, Driftwood Point, North Arm | 52 | 76 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | East Falkland, False Bull Point, North Arm | 31 | 97 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | East Falkland, Fanny Point, North Arm | 20 | 74 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | East Falkland, Lafonia | ? | ? |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | East Falkland, Motley Point, Walker Creek | 79 | 67 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | East Falkland, Mutiny Point, North Arm | 33 | 47 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | East Falkland, Rincon Grande | 132 | 46 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | Golden Knob, Golden Knob (Elephant Cays) | 21 | 347 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | Governor, Governor (Beaver) | 112 | 298 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | Grand Jason | 170 | 327 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | Jason West Cay | 188 | 321 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | Lively Island, Lively | 102 | 72 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | Low (Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)), Low (Byron Sound) | 48 | 270 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | New Island | 126 | 302 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | Pebble Island, Pebble | 115 | 6 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | Penn, Penn (Beaver) | 113 | 302 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | Sandy Cay (Elephant Cays) | 23 | 343 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | Sea Lion | 52 | 103 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | Ship Harbour Island | 126 | 303 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | Speedwell Island, Speedwell | 13 | 10 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | Steeple Jason | 176 | 325 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | Swan Island, Swan (Falkland Sound) | 62 | 9 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | Third Passage (K. George Bay) | 113 | 319 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | West (Cape Orford) | 93 | 291 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | West Falkland, Hope Point, Dunbar | 127 | 330 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | West Falkland, Rookery Point, Albermarle | 50 | 286 |
Antarctic | Frazier Islands | Charlton Island | 6,805 | 175 |
Antarctic | Frazier Islands | Dewart Island | 6,805 | 175 |
Antarctic | Frazier Islands | Nelly Island (Frazier), Nelly Island (Antarctic) | 6,804 | 175 |
United Kingdom | Gough | Gough Island | 3,963 | 91 |
Antarctic | Hawker Island | Hawker Island | 6,122 | 163 |
Australia | Heard and McDonald Islands | Heard Island | 7,505 | 152 |
Australia | Heard and McDonald Islands | McDonald Island | 7,490 | 151 |
Argentina | Isla de los Estados | Isla de los Estados, Peninsula Lopez | 431 | 227 |
Argentina | Isla de los Estados | Isla Observatorio | 388 | 227 |
Chile | Isla Noir | Isla Noir | 910 | 250 |
Chile | Islas Diego Ramirez | Gonzalo Island, Isla Gonzalo | 741 | 228 |
France | Kerguelen | Kerguelen (Grande Terre), Rallier du Baty Peninsula | 7,692 | 147 |
Australia | Macquarie Island | Macquarie Island | 7,601 | 203 |
Antarctic | Marguerite Bay | Avian Island | 1,785 | 193 |
Antarctic | Marguerite Bay | Pourquoi Pas Island | 1,761 | 191 |
Argentina | North Patagonia | Isla Arce | 917 | 330 |
Argentina | North Patagonia | Isla Gran Robredo | 924 | 328 |
Antarctic | Palmer Archipelago | Anvers Island | 1,380 | 188 |
Antarctic | Palmer Archipelago | Joubin Island | 1,410 | 189 |
Antarctic | Palmer Archipelago | Litchfield Island | 1,405 | 189 |
Antarctic | Pointe Geologie | Ile des Petrels | 6,679 | 189 |
Antarctic | Pointe Geologie | Ile Gouverneur | 6,669 | 189 |
Antarctic | Pointe Geologie | Ile Jean Rostand | 6,678 | 189 |
South Africa | Prince Edward Islands | Marion Island | 6,498 | 127 |
South Africa | Prince Edward Islands | Prince Edward Island, Prince Edward Island | 6,529 | 127 |
Antarctic | Rookery Islands | Giganteus Island | 5,848 | 156 |
Disputed | South Georgia (Islas Georgias del Sur) | Albatross Island (SGSSI (IGSISS)) | 1,500 | 106 |
Disputed | South Georgia (Islas Georgias del Sur) | Annenkov Island | 1,517 | 108 |
Disputed | South Georgia (Islas Georgias del Sur) | Bird Island (SGSSI (IGSISS)) | 1,454 | 106 |
Disputed | South Georgia (Islas Georgias del Sur) | Cooper Island | 1,599 | 109 |
Disputed | South Georgia (Islas Georgias del Sur) | Grass Island | 1,542 | 107 |
Disputed | South Georgia (Islas Georgias del Sur) | Harcourt Island | 1,521 | 108 |
Disputed | South Georgia (Islas Georgias del Sur) | Inner Lee Island | 1,505 | 106 |
Disputed | South Georgia (Islas Georgias del Sur) | Invisible Island | 1,501 | 106 |
Disputed | South Georgia (Islas Georgias del Sur) | Kupriyanov Islands , Kupriyanov Islands | 1,564 | 109 |
Disputed | South Georgia (Islas Georgias del Sur) | Mollymawk Island | 1,502 | 106 |
Disputed | South Georgia (Islas Georgias del Sur) | Outer Lee Island | 1,507 | 106 |
Disputed | South Georgia (Islas Georgias del Sur) | Pickersgill Islands | 1,537 | 109 |
Disputed | South Georgia (Islas Georgias del Sur) | Prion Island | 1,505 | 106 |
Disputed | South Georgia (Islas Georgias del Sur) | Saddle Island | 1,473 | 107 |
Disputed | South Georgia (Islas Georgias del Sur) | Samuel Islands , Samuel Islands | 1,480 | 107 |
Disputed | South Georgia (Islas Georgias del Sur) | Skua Island (SGSSI (IGSISS)), Skua Island | 1,506 | 106 |
Disputed | South Georgia (Islas Georgias del Sur) | South Georgia, Barff | 1,532 | 107 |
Disputed | South Georgia (Islas Georgias del Sur) | South Georgia, Cumberland | 1,532 | 107 |
Disputed | South Georgia (Islas Georgias del Sur) | South Georgia, Northwest | 1,532 | 107 |
Disputed | South Georgia (Islas Georgias del Sur) | South Georgia, Nunez | 1,532 | 107 |
Disputed | South Georgia (Islas Georgias del Sur) | South Georgia, Salvesen | 1,532 | 107 |
Disputed | South Georgia (Islas Georgias del Sur) | South Georgia, South Coast | 1,532 | 107 |
Disputed | South Georgia (Islas Georgias del Sur) | South Georgia, Stromness | 1,532 | 107 |
Antarctic | South Orkney Islands | Christoffersen Island | 1,290 | 142 |
Antarctic | South Orkney Islands | Laurie Island | 1,311 | 141 |
Antarctic | South Orkney Islands | Michelsen Island | 1,293 | 142 |
Antarctic | South Orkney Islands | Powell Island | 1,285 | 142 |
Antarctic | South Orkney Islands | Signy Island | 1,292 | 142 |
Disputed | South Sandwich Islands (Islas Sandwich del Sur) | Candlemas Island | 2,164 | 117 |
Disputed | South Sandwich Islands (Islas Sandwich del Sur) | Zavodovski Island | 2,112 | 115 |
Antarctic | South Shetland Islands | Aitcho Island | 1,119 | 180 |
Antarctic | South Shetland Islands | Ardley Island | 1,098 | 178 |
Antarctic | South Shetland Islands | Barrientos Island | 1,120 | 180 |
Antarctic | South Shetland Islands | Cecilia Island | 1,121 | 180 |
Antarctic | South Shetland Islands | Diomedea (Albatross) Island | 1,099 | 178 |
Antarctic | South Shetland Islands | Geologists Island | 1,100 | 178 |
Antarctic | South Shetland Islands | Greenwich Island, Canto Point | 1,125 | 180 |
Antarctic | South Shetland Islands | King George Island | 1,082 | 176 |
Antarctic | South Shetland Islands | Livingston Island | 1,140 | 182 |
Antarctic | South Shetland Islands | Nelson Island | 1,107 | 178 |
Antarctic | South Shetland Islands | Penguin Island (Antarctic), Penguin Island | 1,092 | 175 |
Antarctic | South Shetland Islands | Robert Island | 1,119 | 179 |
Antarctic | South Shetland Islands | Snow Island, President Head | 1,160 | 184 |
Antarctic | South Shetland Islands | Stonehut Island (Clothier Harbour), Stonehut Island | 1,114 | 180 |
Antarctic | South Shetland Islands | Stonehut South East (Clothier Harbour), Stonehut South East | 1,114 | 180 |
Antarctic | South Shetland Islands | Trypot Island (Clothier Harbour), Trypot Island | 1,114 | 180 |
Antarctic | South Shetland Islands | Two Summit Island | 1,102 | 178 |
United Kingdom | Tristan da Cunha | Tristan da Cunha | 4,033 | 84 |