South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands

A compact bay on South Georgia's north coast where a king penguin colony, a substantial elephant seal haul-out and a spectacular waterfall feeding a glacial lake create a concentrated wildlife panorama.

A deserted Norwegian whaling station on the southern shore of South Georgia, its rusted boilers and peeling paint returning slowly to the tussac grass while king penguins patrol the main street.

The small British research station and former military base at the head of Cumberland East Bay, close to Grytviken, where a small museum, post office and active scientific programme coexist with the island's wildlife.

A wide glacial outwash plain on South Georgia's north coast where a vast king penguin colony moves between the sea and the tussac grasslands, framed by mountains and glaciers on three sides.

A three-kilometre sweep of black volcanic sand on South Georgia's north coast, where the world's largest king penguin colony moves in a continuous tide of birds between the beach and the inland plain.

The northernmost of the South Sandwich Islands, a volcanic peak rising from the Southern Ocean that hosts the world's largest colony of chinstrap penguins and is periodically threatened by volcanic activity from the active stratovolcano at its centre.