Breeding site details
Seal Island
Macronectes giganteus (Southern Giant Petrel) (profile)
Island Group: | Elephant Island |
Jurisdiction: | Antarctic |
Position: | 60° 58' 48" S 55° 23' 12" W |
Breeding Area: | Unknown |
Current Population: |
25 in 1972 Count method: nesting pairs 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 | 769 | 220 |
Antarctic | Biscoe Islands | Entrance Island (Armstrong Reef), Entrance Island | 769 | 220 |
Antarctic | Biscoe Islands | Gull Island (Armstrong Reef), Gull Island | 769 | 220 |
Antarctic | Biscoe Islands | Line Island (Armstrong Reef), Line Island | 769 | 220 |
Antarctic | Biscoe Islands | Lulu Island (Armstrong Reef), Lulu Island | 769 | 220 |
Antarctic | Biscoe Islands | Mica Island (Armstrong Reef), Mica Island | 769 | 220 |
Antarctic | Biscoe Islands | Olive Island (Armstrong Reef), Olive Island | 769 | 220 |
Antarctic | Biscoe Islands | Passage Island (Armstrong Reef), Passage Island | 769 | 220 |
Antarctic | Biscoe Islands | Rabot Island | 758 | 219 |
Antarctic | Biscoe Islands | Skua Island (Armstrong Reef), Skua Island (Biscoe) | 769 | 220 |
Norway | Bouvet Island | Bouvet Island, Nyroysa | 3,443 | 105 |
France | Crozet | Ile aux Cochons | 6,379 | 128 |
France | Crozet | Ile de l'Est | 6,430 | 129 |
France | Crozet | Ile de la Possession | 6,414 | 129 |
France | Crozet | Ile des Apotres | 6,399 | 128 |
France | Crozet | Ile des Pingouins | 6,356 | 128 |
Antarctic | Danco Coast | Alcock Island | 466 | 216 |
Antarctic | Danco Coast | Midas Island | 459 | 217 |
Antarctic | Danco Coast | Moss Island | 459 | 217 |
Antarctic | Danco Coast | Punta Sucia | 456 | 216 |
Antarctic | Danco Coast | Sterneck Island | 458 | 216 |
Antarctic | Elephant Island | Elephant Island | 22 | 139 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | Barren, Barren Island | 1,099 | 344 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | Beauchene Island | 929 | 344 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | Bleaker Island, Bleaker | 997 | 346 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | Burnt Islet, Burnt Islet (South Burnt Island, Saunders) | 1,111 | 343 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | Carcass | 1,124 | 341 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | Dyke (Weddell) | 1,055 | 339 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | East Falkland, Black Rincon (Berkley Sound) | 1,058 | 350 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | East Falkland, Cape Dolphin | 1,108 | 347 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | East Falkland, Driftwood Point, North Arm | 999 | 346 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | East Falkland, False Bull Point, North Arm | 987 | 344 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | East Falkland, Fanny Point, North Arm | 998 | 344 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | East Falkland, Lafonia | ? | ? |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | East Falkland, Motley Point, Walker Creek | 1,013 | 347 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | East Falkland, Mutiny Point, North Arm | 1,014 | 344 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | East Falkland, Rincon Grande | 1,070 | 349 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | George Island, George | 997 | 343 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | Golden Knob, Golden Knob (Elephant Cays) | 1,018 | 343 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | Governor, Governor (Beaver) | 1,075 | 338 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | Grand Jason | 1,159 | 340 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | Jason West Cay | 1,171 | 339 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | Lively Island, Lively | 1,011 | 348 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | Low (Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)), Low (Byron Sound) | 1,009 | 340 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | New Island | 1,092 | 338 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | Pebble Island, Pebble | 1,107 | 345 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | Penn, Penn (Beaver) | 1,081 | 338 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | Sandy Cay (Elephant Cays) | 1,020 | 343 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | Sea Lion | 975 | 345 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | Ship Harbour Island | 1,092 | 338 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | Speedwell Island, Speedwell | 1,009 | 343 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | Steeple Jason | 1,162 | 339 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | Swan Island, Swan (Falkland Sound) | 1,055 | 344 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | Third Passage (K. George Bay) | 1,099 | 340 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | West (Cape Orford) | 1,052 | 338 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | West Falkland, Hope Point, Dunbar | 1,119 | 341 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | West Falkland, Rookery Point, Albermarle | 1,023 | 340 |
Antarctic | Frazier Islands | Charlton Island | 5,822 | 173 |
Antarctic | Frazier Islands | Dewart Island | 5,822 | 173 |
Antarctic | Frazier Islands | Nelly Island (Frazier), Nelly Island (Antarctic) | 5,820 | 173 |
United Kingdom | Gough | Gough Island | 3,825 | 74 |
Antarctic | Hawker Island | Hawker Island | 5,127 | 158 |
Australia | Heard and McDonald Islands | Heard Island | 6,541 | 147 |
Australia | Heard and McDonald Islands | McDonald Island | 6,530 | 146 |
Argentina | Isla de los Estados | Isla de los Estados, Peninsula Lopez | 868 | 317 |
Argentina | Isla de los Estados | Isla Observatorio | 872 | 320 |
Chile | Isla Noir | Isla Noir | 1,265 | 297 |
Chile | Islas Diego Ramirez | Gonzalo Island, Isla Gonzalo | 911 | 297 |
France | Kerguelen | Kerguelen (Grande Terre), Rallier du Baty Peninsula | 6,753 | 142 |
Australia | Macquarie Island | Macquarie Island | 6,813 | 202 |
Antarctic | Marguerite Bay | Avian Island | 992 | 215 |
Antarctic | Marguerite Bay | Pourquoi Pas Island | 952 | 213 |
Argentina | North Patagonia | Isla Arce | 1,896 | 335 |
Argentina | North Patagonia | Isla Gran Robredo | 1,895 | 334 |
Antarctic | Palmer Archipelago | Anvers Island | 577 | 223 |
Antarctic | Palmer Archipelago | Joubin Island | 623 | 223 |
Antarctic | Palmer Archipelago | Litchfield Island | 609 | 223 |
Antarctic | Pointe Geologie | Ile des Petrels | 5,766 | 188 |
Antarctic | Pointe Geologie | Ile Gouverneur | 5,759 | 188 |
Antarctic | Pointe Geologie | Ile Jean Rostand | 5,765 | 188 |
South Africa | Prince Edward Islands | Marion Island | 5,744 | 120 |
South Africa | Prince Edward Islands | Prince Edward Island, Prince Edward Island | 5,777 | 119 |
Antarctic | Rookery Islands | Giganteus Island | 4,869 | 151 |
Disputed | South Georgia (Islas Georgias del Sur) | Albatross Island (SGSSI (IGSISS)) | 1,323 | 62 |
Disputed | South Georgia (Islas Georgias del Sur) | Annenkov Island | 1,300 | 64 |
Disputed | South Georgia (Islas Georgias del Sur) | Bird Island (SGSSI (IGSISS)) | 1,289 | 61 |
Disputed | South Georgia (Islas Georgias del Sur) | Cooper Island | 1,340 | 68 |
Disputed | South Georgia (Islas Georgias del Sur) | Grass Island | 1,343 | 64 |
Disputed | South Georgia (Islas Georgias del Sur) | Harcourt Island | 1,302 | 65 |
Disputed | South Georgia (Islas Georgias del Sur) | Inner Lee Island | 1,323 | 62 |
Disputed | South Georgia (Islas Georgias del Sur) | Invisible Island | 1,322 | 62 |
Disputed | South Georgia (Islas Georgias del Sur) | Kupriyanov Islands , Kupriyanov Islands | 1,316 | 67 |
Disputed | South Georgia (Islas Georgias del Sur) | Mollymawk Island | 1,324 | 62 |
Disputed | South Georgia (Islas Georgias del Sur) | Outer Lee Island | 1,326 | 62 |
Disputed | South Georgia (Islas Georgias del Sur) | Pickersgill Islands | 1,305 | 66 |
Disputed | South Georgia (Islas Georgias del Sur) | Prion Island | 1,325 | 62 |
Disputed | South Georgia (Islas Georgias del Sur) | Saddle Island | 1,293 | 62 |
Disputed | South Georgia (Islas Georgias del Sur) | Samuel Islands , Samuel Islands | 1,295 | 62 |
Disputed | South Georgia (Islas Georgias del Sur) | Skua Island (SGSSI (IGSISS)), Skua Island | 1,325 | 62 |
Disputed | South Georgia (Islas Georgias del Sur) | South Georgia, Barff | 1,323 | 64 |
Disputed | South Georgia (Islas Georgias del Sur) | South Georgia, Cumberland | 1,323 | 64 |
Disputed | South Georgia (Islas Georgias del Sur) | South Georgia, Northwest | 1,323 | 64 |
Disputed | South Georgia (Islas Georgias del Sur) | South Georgia, Nunez | 1,323 | 64 |
Disputed | South Georgia (Islas Georgias del Sur) | South Georgia, Salvesen | 1,323 | 64 |
Disputed | South Georgia (Islas Georgias del Sur) | South Georgia, South Coast | 1,323 | 64 |
Disputed | South Georgia (Islas Georgias del Sur) | South Georgia, Stromness | 1,323 | 64 |
Antarctic | South Orkney Islands | Christoffersen Island | 557 | 92 |
Antarctic | South Orkney Islands | Laurie Island | 583 | 92 |
Antarctic | South Orkney Islands | Michelsen Island | 561 | 92 |
Antarctic | South Orkney Islands | Powell Island | 555 | 91 |
Antarctic | South Orkney Islands | Signy Island | 563 | 91 |
Disputed | South Sandwich Islands (Islas Sandwich del Sur) | Candlemas Island | 1,681 | 88 |
Disputed | South Sandwich Islands (Islas Sandwich del Sur) | Zavodovski Island | 1,676 | 84 |
Antarctic | South Shetland Islands | Aitcho Island | 280 | 234 |
Antarctic | South Shetland Islands | Ardley Island | 231 | 232 |
Antarctic | South Shetland Islands | Barrientos Island | 279 | 234 |
Antarctic | South Shetland Islands | Cecilia Island | 279 | 233 |
Antarctic | South Shetland Islands | Diomedea (Albatross) Island | 232 | 233 |
Antarctic | South Shetland Islands | Geologists Island | 233 | 232 |
Antarctic | South Shetland Islands | Greenwich Island, Canto Point | 281 | 233 |
Antarctic | South Shetland Islands | King George Island | 194 | 232 |
Antarctic | South Shetland Islands | Livingston Island | 317 | 234 |
Antarctic | South Shetland Islands | Nelson Island | 240 | 231 |
Antarctic | South Shetland Islands | Penguin Island (Antarctic), Penguin Island | 183 | 226 |
Antarctic | South Shetland Islands | Robert Island | 269 | 232 |
Antarctic | South Shetland Islands | Snow Island, President Head | 362 | 235 |
Antarctic | South Shetland Islands | Stonehut Island (Clothier Harbour), Stonehut Island | 272 | 234 |
Antarctic | South Shetland Islands | Stonehut South East (Clothier Harbour), Stonehut South East | 272 | 234 |
Antarctic | South Shetland Islands | Trypot Island (Clothier Harbour), Trypot Island | 272 | 234 |
Antarctic | South Shetland Islands | Two Summit Island | 234 | 232 |
United Kingdom | Tristan da Cunha | Tristan da Cunha | 4,001 | 68 |