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 Douglas, Romero, Matias, Juares, Mariana Alejandra, Argota, Martin R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Sage Publications Ltd
• Subjects: ABANDONED PENGUIN MOUNDS; HOLOCENE PENGUIN COLONIZATION; MARINE BEACH DEPOSIT; ORNITHOGENIC SOIL; RADIOCARBON DATING; SOUTH SHETLANDS; WEST ANTARCTICA; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; West Antarctica; South Shetland Islands; Argentina; 25 de Mayo; Romero; Potter Peninsula; Stranger Point; Antarc*; Antarctica; Pygoscelis adeliae; Pygoscelis antarctica; Pygoscelis papua
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/175794

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...