- Atlantic, it is
replaced by the
great skua.
South polar skuas have been seen at the
actual Geographic South Pole.
Megalestris Hill, on
Petermann Island in the...
- is
Megalestris Hill, a
rocky hill
approximately 35 m (115 ft) high. It was
named Megalestris after an
obsolete generic name for the
south polar skua, which...
-
nearby skua rookery. 77°38′S 166°25′E / 77.633°S 166.417°E / -77.633; 166.417. A small,
roughly circular mel****er lake
about midway between Skua Lake...
- 000 pairs.
Other birds nesting at the site
include gentoo penguins,
brown skuas,
Antarctic terns, Wilson's storm-petrels, kelp
gulls and
snowy sheathbills...
- lichens.
Animals are also rare at the Oasis.
Exceptions are the
Antarctic skua, the
Antarctic petrel, the snow petrel, and the Wilson's
storm petrel. Occasionally...
-
Winter Island is an
island 900 m (980 yd) long,
lying 200 m (220 yd)
north of
Skua Island in the
Argentine Islands,
Wilhelm Archipelago, off the west coast...
-
colonies (>1900
breeding pairs as of 2018), and one of the
largest south polar skua colonies in the
world (~1,000
breeding pairs). It also
hosts several species...
-
native resident plants or
animals at the
South Pole. Off-course
south polar skuas and snow
petrels are
occasionally seen there. In 2000 it was
reported that...
- Area by
BirdLife International. A
colony of
about 300
pairs of
south polar skuas is also present. In 1901,
Carsten Borchgrevink, part of the
British Antarctic...
- mites,
nematodes and rotifers) and a
colony of over 40
pairs of
south polar skuas. The area is the type
locality for both the
lichen Caloplaca coeruleofrigida...