My Antarctic Adventure
Saturday, 1 June 2013
Auster Rookery
Auster Rookery
is an
Emperor penguin
rookery
on sea-ice, sheltered by grounded icebergs, 3 nautical miles (5 km) east of
Auster Islands
, and about 51 km ENE of
Mawson Station
in
Antarctica
.
Discovered in August, 1957, by Flying Officer, D. Johnston RAAF from an
ANARE
Auster
aircraft, after which it was named.
Latitude:
67° 23' 46.0" S
Longitude:
63° 57' 02.5" E
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