Auster rookery

67° 23' 46.0" S, 63° 57' 02.5" E

Auster Rookery is an Emperor penguin rookery on sea-ice, sheltered by grounded icebergs 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.

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