Vanhöffen Colony (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Vanhöffen Colony (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Colony
This name originates from Australia. It is part of the Australian Antarctic Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
A colony of emperor penguins located on the north eastern side of the West Ice Shelf. The colony is about 145 km north west of the Gaussberg and about 62 km north east of Karelin Bay. This colony was discovered by BAS in a satellite image taken in 2022. Note: emperor penguin colonies may not remain in one fixed location.
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