USGS · 5224810
Emperor penguins nesting on Inaccessible Island
Abstract
Emperor penguins were observed nesting on Inaccessible I. during the 1973 winter. This is the southernmost nesting of emperor penguins thus far recorded; it also could be the first record of emperors attempting to start a new rookery. This site, however, may have been used by emperors in the past. The closest reported nesting of these penguins to Inaccessible I. is on the Ross Ice Shelf east of Cape Crozier. With the exception of the Inaccessible I. record, there is little evidence that emperor penguins breed in McMurdo Sound proper.
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G.M. Jonkel, G.A. Llano. 1975. Emperor penguins nesting on Inaccessible Island. https://pubs.usgs.gov/publication/5224810
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