Breeding site details
Aitcho Island
Macronectes giganteus (Southern Giant Petrel) (profile)
Island Group | South Shetland Islands |
Jurisdiction | Antarctic |
Position | 62° 24' S 59° 47' W |
Breeding Area | Unknown |
Current Population |
22 in 1967 Count method: nesting pairs 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 | 501 | 216 |
Antarctic | Biscoe Islands | Entrance Island (Armstrong Reef), Entrance Island | 501 | 216 |
Antarctic | Biscoe Islands | Gull Island (Armstrong Reef), Gull Island | 501 | 216 |
Antarctic | Biscoe Islands | Line Island (Armstrong Reef), Line Island | 501 | 216 |
Antarctic | Biscoe Islands | Lulu Island (Armstrong Reef), Lulu Island | 501 | 216 |
Antarctic | Biscoe Islands | Mica Island (Armstrong Reef), Mica Island | 501 | 216 |
Antarctic | Biscoe Islands | Olive Island (Armstrong Reef), Olive Island | 501 | 216 |
Antarctic | Biscoe Islands | Passage Island (Armstrong Reef), Passage Island | 501 | 216 |
Antarctic | Biscoe Islands | Rabot Island | 491 | 215 |
Antarctic | Biscoe Islands | Skua Island (Armstrong Reef), Skua Island (Biscoe) | 501 | 216 |
Norway | Bouvet Island | Bouvet Island, Nyroysa | 3,625 | 106 |
France | Crozet | Ile aux Cochons | 6,462 | 130 |
France | Crozet | Ile de l'Est | 6,505 | 131 |
France | Crozet | Ile de la Possession | 6,490 | 131 |
France | Crozet | Ile des Apotres | 6,481 | 130 |
France | Crozet | Ile des Pingouins | 6,436 | 130 |
Antarctic | Danco Coast | Alcock Island | 215 | 198 |
Antarctic | Danco Coast | Midas Island | 207 | 198 |
Antarctic | Danco Coast | Moss Island | 206 | 199 |
Antarctic | Danco Coast | Punta Sucia | 206 | 196 |
Antarctic | Danco Coast | Sterneck Island | 209 | 196 |
Antarctic | Elephant Island | Elephant Island | 283 | 62 |
Antarctic | Elephant Island | Seal Island | 280 | 58 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | Barren, Barren Island | 1,225 | 0 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | Beauchene Island | 1,059 | 2 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | Bleaker Island, Bleaker | 1,134 | 3 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | Burnt Islet, Burnt Islet (South Burnt Island, Saunders) | 1,231 | 359 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | Carcass | 1,237 | 357 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | Dyke (Weddell) | 1,160 | 356 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | East Falkland, Black Rincon (Berkley Sound) | 1,105 | 7 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | East Falkland, Cape Dolphin | 1,245 | 3 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | East Falkland, Driftwood Point, North Arm | 1,133 | 3 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | East Falkland, False Bull Point, North Arm | 1,116 | 2 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | East Falkland, Fanny Point, North Arm | 1,125 | 1 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | East Falkland, Lafonia | ? | ? |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | East Falkland, Motley Point, Walker Creek | 1,153 | 4 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | East Falkland, Mutiny Point, North Arm | 1,142 | 1 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | East Falkland, Rincon Grande | 1,215 | 5 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | George Island, George | 1,119 | 0 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | Golden Knob, Golden Knob (Elephant Cays) | 1,140 | 360 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | Governor, Governor (Beaver) | 1,176 | 355 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | Grand Jason | 1,265 | 356 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | Jason West Cay | 1,272 | 355 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | Lively Island, Lively | 1,156 | 5 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | Low (Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)), Low (Byron Sound) | 1,120 | 358 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | New Island | 1,191 | 355 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | Pebble Island, Pebble | 1,234 | 1 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | Penn, Penn (Beaver) | 1,183 | 355 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | Sandy Cay (Elephant Cays) | 1,142 | 360 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | Sea Lion | 1,109 | 3 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | Ship Harbour Island | 1,192 | 355 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | Speedwell Island, Speedwell | 1,132 | 0 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | Steeple Jason | 1,267 | 355 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | Swan Island, Swan (Falkland Sound) | 1,181 | 1 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | Third Passage (K. George Bay) | 1,206 | 357 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | West (Cape Orford) | 1,155 | 356 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | West Falkland, Hope Point, Dunbar | 1,231 | 357 |
Disputed | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | West Falkland, Rookery Point, Albermarle | 1,134 | 358 |
Antarctic | Frazier Islands | Charlton Island | 5,690 | 175 |
Antarctic | Frazier Islands | Dewart Island | 5,690 | 175 |
Antarctic | Frazier Islands | Nelly Island (Frazier), Nelly Island (Antarctic) | 5,689 | 175 |
United Kingdom | Gough | Gough Island | 4,088 | 77 |
Antarctic | Hawker Island | Hawker Island | 5,062 | 160 |
Australia | Heard and McDonald Islands | Heard Island | 6,530 | 149 |
Australia | Heard and McDonald Islands | McDonald Island | 6,524 | 149 |
Argentina | Isla de los Estados | Isla de los Estados, Peninsula Lopez | 880 | 339 |
Argentina | Isla de los Estados | Isla Observatorio | 898 | 342 |
Chile | Isla Noir | Isla Noir | 1,165 | 313 |
Chile | Islas Diego Ramirez | Gonzalo Island, Isla Gonzalo | 824 | 319 |
France | Kerguelen | Kerguelen (Grande Terre), Rallier du Baty Peninsula | 6,765 | 145 |
Australia | Macquarie Island | Macquarie Island | 6,576 | 205 |
Antarctic | Marguerite Bay | Avian Island | 732 | 212 |
Antarctic | Marguerite Bay | Pourquoi Pas Island | 696 | 209 |
Argentina | North Patagonia | Isla Arce | 1,969 | 347 |
Argentina | North Patagonia | Isla Gran Robredo | 1,962 | 345 |
Antarctic | Palmer Archipelago | Anvers Island | 307 | 216 |
Antarctic | Palmer Archipelago | Joubin Island | 351 | 219 |
Antarctic | Palmer Archipelago | Litchfield Island | 271 | 193 |
Antarctic | Pointe Geologie | Ile des Petrels | 5,574 | 190 |
Antarctic | Pointe Geologie | Ile Gouverneur | 5,566 | 191 |
Antarctic | Pointe Geologie | Ile Jean Rostand | 5,574 | 190 |
South Africa | Prince Edward Islands | Marion Island | 5,864 | 122 |
South Africa | Prince Edward Islands | Prince Edward Island, Prince Edward Island | 5,897 | 122 |
Antarctic | Rookery Islands | Giganteus Island | 4,841 | 152 |
Disputed | South Georgia (Islas Georgias del Sur) | Albatross Island (SGSSI (IGSISS)) | 1,601 | 65 |
Disputed | South Georgia (Islas Georgias del Sur) | Annenkov Island | 1,576 | 66 |
Disputed | South Georgia (Islas Georgias del Sur) | Bird Island (SGSSI (IGSISS)) | 1,568 | 63 |
Disputed | South Georgia (Islas Georgias del Sur) | Cooper Island | 1,614 | 69 |
Disputed | South Georgia (Islas Georgias del Sur) | Grass Island | 1,620 | 66 |
Disputed | South Georgia (Islas Georgias del Sur) | Harcourt Island | 1,578 | 67 |
Disputed | South Georgia (Islas Georgias del Sur) | Inner Lee Island | 1,601 | 65 |
Disputed | South Georgia (Islas Georgias del Sur) | Invisible Island | 1,600 | 65 |
Disputed | South Georgia (Islas Georgias del Sur) | Kupriyanov Islands , Kupriyanov Islands | 1,591 | 68 |
Disputed | South Georgia (Islas Georgias del Sur) | Mollymawk Island | 1,602 | 65 |
Disputed | South Georgia (Islas Georgias del Sur) | Outer Lee Island | 1,604 | 65 |
Disputed | South Georgia (Islas Georgias del Sur) | Pickersgill Islands | 1,581 | 67 |
Disputed | South Georgia (Islas Georgias del Sur) | Prion Island | 1,603 | 65 |
Disputed | South Georgia (Islas Georgias del Sur) | Saddle Island | 1,571 | 64 |
Disputed | South Georgia (Islas Georgias del Sur) | Samuel Islands , Samuel Islands | 1,572 | 65 |
Disputed | South Georgia (Islas Georgias del Sur) | Skua Island (SGSSI (IGSISS)), Skua Island | 1,603 | 65 |
Disputed | South Georgia (Islas Georgias del Sur) | South Georgia, Barff | 1,600 | 66 |
Disputed | South Georgia (Islas Georgias del Sur) | South Georgia, Cumberland | 1,600 | 66 |
Disputed | South Georgia (Islas Georgias del Sur) | South Georgia, Northwest | 1,600 | 66 |
Disputed | South Georgia (Islas Georgias del Sur) | South Georgia, Nunez | 1,600 | 66 |
Disputed | South Georgia (Islas Georgias del Sur) | South Georgia, Salvesen | 1,600 | 66 |
Disputed | South Georgia (Islas Georgias del Sur) | South Georgia, South Coast | 1,600 | 66 |
Disputed | South Georgia (Islas Georgias del Sur) | South Georgia, Stromness | 1,600 | 66 |
Antarctic | South Orkney Islands | Christoffersen Island | 797 | 83 |
Antarctic | South Orkney Islands | Laurie Island | 822 | 84 |
Antarctic | South Orkney Islands | Michelsen Island | 801 | 83 |
Antarctic | South Orkney Islands | Powell Island | 797 | 83 |
Antarctic | South Orkney Islands | Signy Island | 804 | 83 |
Disputed | South Sandwich Islands (Islas Sandwich del Sur) | Candlemas Island | 1,919 | 87 |
Disputed | South Sandwich Islands (Islas Sandwich del Sur) | Zavodovski Island | 1,899 | 85 |
Antarctic | South Shetland Islands | Ardley Island | 50 | 64 |
Antarctic | South Shetland Islands | Barrientos Island | 2 | 112 |
Antarctic | South Shetland Islands | Cecilia Island | 3 | 116 |
Antarctic | South Shetland Islands | Diomedea (Albatross) Island | 48 | 64 |
Antarctic | South Shetland Islands | Geologists Island | 48 | 66 |
Antarctic | South Shetland Islands | Greenwich Island, Canto Point | 6 | 155 |
Antarctic | South Shetland Islands | King George Island | 87 | 63 |
Antarctic | South Shetland Islands | Livingston Island | 36 | 236 |
Antarctic | South Shetland Islands | Nelson Island | 42 | 73 |
Antarctic | South Shetland Islands | Penguin Island (Antarctic), Penguin Island | 102 | 72 |
Antarctic | South Shetland Islands | Robert Island | 14 | 90 |
Antarctic | South Shetland Islands | Snow Island, President Head | 81 | 242 |
Antarctic | South Shetland Islands | Stonehut Island (Clothier Harbour), Stonehut Island | 9 | 51 |
Antarctic | South Shetland Islands | Stonehut South East (Clothier Harbour), Stonehut South East | 9 | 51 |
Antarctic | South Shetland Islands | Trypot Island (Clothier Harbour), Trypot Island | 9 | 51 |
Antarctic | South Shetland Islands | Two Summit Island | 47 | 68 |
United Kingdom | Tristan da Cunha | Tristan da Cunha | 4,273 | 71 |