Breeding site details
Sandy Cay (Elephant Cays)
Macronectes giganteus (Southern Giant Petrel) (profile)
Island Group | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) |
Jurisdiction | Disputed |
Position | 52° 08' 30" S 59° 51' W |
Breeding Area | 10,000 hectares |
Current Population |
11670 in 2015/16 Count method: aerial Latest Trend unknown |
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 | 1,573 | 191 |
Antarctic | Biscoe Islands | Entrance Island (Armstrong Reef), Entrance Island | 1,573 | 191 |
Antarctic | Biscoe Islands | Gull Island (Armstrong Reef), Gull Island | 1,573 | 191 |
Antarctic | Biscoe Islands | Line Island (Armstrong Reef), Line Island | 1,573 | 191 |
Antarctic | Biscoe Islands | Lulu Island (Armstrong Reef), Lulu Island | 1,573 | 191 |
Antarctic | Biscoe Islands | Mica Island (Armstrong Reef), Mica Island | 1,573 | 191 |
Antarctic | Biscoe Islands | Olive Island (Armstrong Reef), Olive Island | 1,573 | 191 |
Antarctic | Biscoe Islands | Passage Island (Armstrong Reef), Passage Island | 1,573 | 191 |
Antarctic | Biscoe Islands | Rabot Island | 1,569 | 190 |
Antarctic | Biscoe Islands | Skua Island (Armstrong Reef), Skua Island (Biscoe) | 1,573 | 191 |
Norway | Bouvet Island | Bouvet Island, Nyroysa | 4,069 | 119 |
France | Crozet | Ile aux Cochons | 7,230 | 134 |
France | Crozet | Ile de l'Est | 7,294 | 135 |
France | Crozet | Ile de la Possession | 7,275 | 135 |
France | Crozet | Ile des Apotres | 7,250 | 134 |
France | Crozet | Ile des Pingouins | 7,209 | 134 |
Antarctic | Danco Coast | Alcock Island | 1,348 | 183 |
Antarctic | Danco Coast | Midas Island | 1,340 | 183 |
Antarctic | Danco Coast | Moss Island | 1,338 | 183 |
Antarctic | Danco Coast | Punta Sucia | 1,341 | 182 |
Antarctic | Danco Coast | Sterneck Island | 1,344 | 182 |
Antarctic | Elephant Island | Elephant Island | 1,041 | 166 |
Antarctic | Elephant Island | Seal Island | 1,020 | 166 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | Barren, Barren Island | 84 | 8 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | Beauchene Island | 94 | 152 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | Bleaker Island, Bleaker | 68 | 98 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | Burnt Islet, Burnt Islet (South Burnt Island, Saunders) | 91 | 348 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | Carcass | 107 | 332 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | Dyke (Weddell) | 73 | 283 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | East Falkland, Black Rincon (Berkley Sound) | 146 | 65 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | East Falkland, Cape Dolphin | 119 | 31 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | East Falkland, Driftwood Point, North Arm | 58 | 100 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | East Falkland, False Bull Point, North Arm | 46 | 125 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | East Falkland, Fanny Point, North Arm | 31 | 123 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | East Falkland, Lafonia | ? | ? |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | East Falkland, Motley Point, Walker Creek | 80 | 84 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | East Falkland, Mutiny Point, North Arm | 31 | 90 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | East Falkland, Rincon Grande | 123 | 56 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | George Island, George | 23 | 163 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | Golden Knob, Golden Knob (Elephant Cays) | 3 | 129 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | Governor, Governor (Beaver) | 97 | 289 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | Grand Jason | 148 | 324 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | Jason West Cay | 167 | 318 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | Lively Island, Lively | 104 | 84 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | Low (Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)), Low (Byron Sound) | 47 | 241 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | New Island | 110 | 294 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | Pebble Island, Pebble | 94 | 11 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | Penn, Penn (Beaver) | 96 | 293 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | Sea Lion | 67 | 120 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | Ship Harbour Island | 109 | 295 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | Speedwell Island, Speedwell | 13 | 136 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | Steeple Jason | 154 | 322 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | Swan Island, Swan (Falkland Sound) | 42 | 22 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | Third Passage (K. George Bay) | 92 | 313 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | West (Cape Orford) | 80 | 277 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | West Falkland, Hope Point, Dunbar | 104 | 327 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | West Falkland, Rookery Point, Albermarle | 42 | 259 |
Antarctic | Frazier Islands | Charlton Island | 6,828 | 175 |
Antarctic | Frazier Islands | Dewart Island | 6,828 | 175 |
Antarctic | Frazier Islands | Nelly Island (Frazier), Nelly Island (Antarctic) | 6,826 | 175 |
United Kingdom | Gough | Gough Island | 3,970 | 91 |
Antarctic | Hawker Island | Hawker Island | 6,145 | 163 |
Australia | Heard and McDonald Islands | Heard Island | 7,527 | 152 |
Australia | Heard and McDonald Islands | McDonald Island | 7,513 | 151 |
Argentina | Isla de los Estados | Isla de los Estados, Peninsula Lopez | 442 | 224 |
Argentina | Isla de los Estados | Isla Observatorio | 399 | 224 |
Chile | Isla Noir | Isla Noir | 911 | 248 |
Chile | Islas Diego Ramirez | Gonzalo Island, Isla Gonzalo | 751 | 226 |
France | Kerguelen | Kerguelen (Grande Terre), Rallier du Baty Peninsula | 7,714 | 147 |
Australia | Macquarie Island | Macquarie Island | 7,619 | 203 |
Antarctic | Marguerite Bay | Avian Island | 1,805 | 192 |
Antarctic | Marguerite Bay | Pourquoi Pas Island | 1,781 | 191 |
Argentina | North Patagonia | Isla Arce | 894 | 330 |
Argentina | North Patagonia | Isla Gran Robredo | 901 | 327 |
Antarctic | Palmer Archipelago | Anvers Island | 1,401 | 187 |
Antarctic | Palmer Archipelago | Joubin Island | 1,431 | 189 |
Antarctic | Palmer Archipelago | Litchfield Island | 1,426 | 188 |
Antarctic | Pointe Geologie | Ile des Petrels | 6,700 | 189 |
Antarctic | Pointe Geologie | Ile Gouverneur | 6,690 | 189 |
Antarctic | Pointe Geologie | Ile Jean Rostand | 6,699 | 189 |
South Africa | Prince Edward Islands | Marion Island | 6,517 | 127 |
South Africa | Prince Edward Islands | Prince Edward Island, Prince Edward Island | 6,548 | 127 |
Antarctic | Rookery Islands | Giganteus Island | 5,871 | 156 |
Disputed | South Georgia (Islas Georgias del Sur) | Albatross Island (SGSSI (IGSISS)) | 1,513 | 107 |
Disputed | South Georgia (Islas Georgias del Sur) | Annenkov Island | 1,530 | 109 |
Disputed | South Georgia (Islas Georgias del Sur) | Bird Island (SGSSI (IGSISS)) | 1,466 | 107 |
Disputed | South Georgia (Islas Georgias del Sur) | Cooper Island | 1,613 | 110 |
Disputed | South Georgia (Islas Georgias del Sur) | Grass Island | 1,555 | 107 |
Disputed | South Georgia (Islas Georgias del Sur) | Harcourt Island | 1,535 | 109 |
Disputed | South Georgia (Islas Georgias del Sur) | Inner Lee Island | 1,518 | 107 |
Disputed | South Georgia (Islas Georgias del Sur) | Invisible Island | 1,514 | 107 |
Disputed | South Georgia (Islas Georgias del Sur) | Kupriyanov Islands , Kupriyanov Islands | 1,578 | 110 |
Disputed | South Georgia (Islas Georgias del Sur) | Mollymawk Island | 1,514 | 107 |
Disputed | South Georgia (Islas Georgias del Sur) | Outer Lee Island | 1,520 | 107 |
Disputed | South Georgia (Islas Georgias del Sur) | Pickersgill Islands | 1,551 | 109 |
Disputed | South Georgia (Islas Georgias del Sur) | Prion Island | 1,518 | 107 |
Disputed | South Georgia (Islas Georgias del Sur) | Saddle Island | 1,486 | 107 |
Disputed | South Georgia (Islas Georgias del Sur) | Samuel Islands , Samuel Islands | 1,493 | 108 |
Disputed | South Georgia (Islas Georgias del Sur) | Skua Island (SGSSI (IGSISS)), Skua Island | 1,519 | 107 |
Disputed | South Georgia (Islas Georgias del Sur) | South Georgia, Barff | 1,545 | 108 |
Disputed | South Georgia (Islas Georgias del Sur) | South Georgia, Cumberland | 1,545 | 108 |
Disputed | South Georgia (Islas Georgias del Sur) | South Georgia, Northwest | 1,545 | 108 |
Disputed | South Georgia (Islas Georgias del Sur) | South Georgia, Nunez | 1,545 | 108 |
Disputed | South Georgia (Islas Georgias del Sur) | South Georgia, Salvesen | 1,545 | 108 |
Disputed | South Georgia (Islas Georgias del Sur) | South Georgia, South Coast | 1,545 | 108 |
Disputed | South Georgia (Islas Georgias del Sur) | South Georgia, Stromness | 1,545 | 108 |
Antarctic | South Orkney Islands | Christoffersen Island | 1,312 | 143 |
Antarctic | South Orkney Islands | Laurie Island | 1,332 | 142 |
Antarctic | South Orkney Islands | Michelsen Island | 1,315 | 142 |
Antarctic | South Orkney Islands | Powell Island | 1,306 | 142 |
Antarctic | South Orkney Islands | Signy Island | 1,314 | 142 |
Disputed | South Sandwich Islands (Islas Sandwich del Sur) | Candlemas Island | 2,180 | 118 |
Disputed | South Sandwich Islands (Islas Sandwich del Sur) | Zavodovski Island | 2,128 | 115 |
Antarctic | South Shetland Islands | Aitcho Island | 1,142 | 180 |
Antarctic | South Shetland Islands | Ardley Island | 1,121 | 178 |
Antarctic | South Shetland Islands | Barrientos Island | 1,142 | 180 |
Antarctic | South Shetland Islands | Cecilia Island | 1,143 | 180 |
Antarctic | South Shetland Islands | Diomedea (Albatross) Island | 1,121 | 178 |
Antarctic | South Shetland Islands | Geologists Island | 1,123 | 178 |
Antarctic | South Shetland Islands | Greenwich Island, Canto Point | 1,147 | 180 |
Antarctic | South Shetland Islands | King George Island | 1,105 | 176 |
Antarctic | South Shetland Islands | Livingston Island | 1,162 | 181 |
Antarctic | South Shetland Islands | Nelson Island | 1,130 | 178 |
Antarctic | South Shetland Islands | Penguin Island (Antarctic), Penguin Island | 1,114 | 175 |
Antarctic | South Shetland Islands | Robert Island | 1,142 | 179 |
Antarctic | South Shetland Islands | Snow Island, President Head | 1,181 | 183 |
Antarctic | South Shetland Islands | Stonehut Island (Clothier Harbour), Stonehut Island | 1,136 | 179 |
Antarctic | South Shetland Islands | Stonehut South East (Clothier Harbour), Stonehut South East | 1,136 | 179 |
Antarctic | South Shetland Islands | Trypot Island (Clothier Harbour), Trypot Island | 1,136 | 179 |
Antarctic | South Shetland Islands | Two Summit Island | 1,125 | 178 |
United Kingdom | Tristan da Cunha | Tristan da Cunha | 4,038 | 85 |