Cape Denison Adelie Penguin census, November - December 1997

Created 23/06/2025

Updated 23/06/2025

Penguin counts conducted between 25 November and 2 December 1997. The census covered the following areas and rookeries in the Cape Dension area: rookeries north of Gadget Hut, outside Greenholm Hut and both sides of harbour, Penguin Knob, Azimuth Hill, Memorial Hill, Lands End Ridge, below Sorensen's Hut, east of Sorensen's Hut. A total of 24542 penguins were censused for the Cape Denison area, excluding McKellar Island Rookeries. The fields in this dataset are: Area Rookery locations Number

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Title Cape Denison Adelie Penguin census, November - December 1997
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/774a5cd1-10ff-4ff4-b988-f0310a5ab7bb
Contact Point
Australian Ocean Data Network
metadata@aad.gov.au
Reference Period 25/11/1997 - 02/12/1997
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
{
  "coordinates": [
    142.0,
    -67.0
  ],
  "type": "Point"
}
Data Portal Australian Oceans Data Network

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "Cape Denison Adelie Penguin census, November - December 1997". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/cape-denison-adelie-penguin-census-november-december-1997