| Punta Arenas Album |
| Punta Arenas has a large colony of Megellan Penguins which shares the colony with Belchers Seagulls. This visit to Magdelena Island was part of our cruise in 2020. Punta Arenas is located 53 degrees S. latitude. |
| The Magellan Penguins and their underground nests. |
| The Magellan Penguin is the only penguin that makes it's nest in ground burrows. |
| A family of penguins with both parents and 2 chicks. |
| Three Belchers Gull chicks |
| The island light house with the seagulls occupying the high ground. |
| Joanne has found a friend. |
| Hillside with hundreds of penguin underground nests. |
| A Skua eating a seagull but they are always trying to steal a chick from the nests of the seagulls and penguins. |
| The ship we came on to see the penguins |
| Magellan Penguin on a direct route to the sea to fish ignoring the tourists. |
| Two tourists |
| A pair of Magellan Penguins on Magdelena Island, Chile. |
| Monument to the pioneers who settled Punta Arenas. |
| Cormorants on a pier in Punta Arenas. |
| Monument to Magellan in the Central Plaza in Punta Arenas. |
| Leaving the island |
| Belchers Gull and chick |