Holocene occupation history of pygoscelid penguins at Stranger Point, King George (25 de Mayo) Island, northern Antarctic Peninsula

• Published in: The Holocene
• Main Authors: Emslie, Steven D, Romero, Matías, Juáres, Mariana A, Argota, Martin R
• Other Authors: National Science Foundation
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: SAGE Publications 2019
• Subjects: Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; South Shetland Islands; 25 de Mayo; Potter Peninsula; Stranger Point; Antarc*; Antarctica; Pygoscelis adeliae; Pygoscelis antarctica; Pygoscelis papua
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0959683619875814; http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0959683619875814; http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full-xml/10.1177/0959683619875814

We report additional fossil evidence for pygoscelid penguins breeding on King George (25 de Mayo) Island, South Shetland Islands, in the Holocene beginning at ~7000 cal. yr BP. This evidence comes from a raised marine beach deposit formerly studied and described as Pingfo I at Stranger Point, Potter...