Emperor Penguin Colony at Peterson Bank

• Other Authors: Australian Antarctic Data Centre (publisher)
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Australian Antarctic Data Centre
• Subjects: biota; oceans; ICE FLOES; EARTH SCIENCE; CRYOSPHERE; SEA ICE; SEA ICE MOTION; PENGUINS; BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION; ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES; BIRDS; ANTARCTICA; BREEDING; CASEY STATION; COLONY; COMMENTS; DATE; DEAD CHICKS; EMPEROR; FAST ICE; LATITUDE; LONGITUDE; NUMBER OF ADULTS; NUMBER OF CHICKS; PENGUIN; PETERSON BANK; SEA-ICE; VISUAL OBSERVATIONS; HELICOPTER; CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR; Casey Station; Antarc*; Antarctica; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://researchdata.ands.org.au/emperor-penguin-colony-peterson-bank/700905; https://doi.org/10.4225/15/5aeaa3cf552c0; https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/Emperor_Peterson; http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-617536

The exact location of an Emperor Penguin Colony on Peterson Bank continually changes due to the changing ice conditions of where the colony is situated. The location confirmed on the 3rd of November 1994 on fast ice at Peterson Bank was 65.9333 S, 110.2 E, 41km NNW of Australia's Casey Station....