29.06.2014

Penguins from Tristan da Cunha


Thank you Ruben for this great postcard from remote island of Tristan da Cunha!

Lovely postcard showing a group of rockhopper penguins. The penguins were transported to Tristan de Cunha in 2011 for cleaning after a freighter had run aground and tons of crude oil had spilt into the ocean. The penguins jump over boulder or across cracks, hence their common name is rockhopper.


Tristan da Cunha is a part of the British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha. Tristan is also the most remote inhabited archipelago in the world. 


source: wikipedia & google maps

3 komentarze:

  1. Pięknie wyglądają z tymi czubami na głowach. A wyspa rzeczywiście na krańcach świata.

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  2. Mi takie łobuzerskie się wydają przez te czuby, fajne ptaszyska :)

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