page_title: Isla Gonzalo
hierarchical_section_title: Isla Gonzalo
caption_attribution_description: Thalassarche chrysostoma English: A Grey-headed Albatross flying in Southern Ocean, Drake's Passage.
context_page_description: Isla Gonzalo is a subantarctic island, uninhabited except for a weather and research station operated by the Chilean Navy. With an area of 38 hectares it is the second largest of the Chilean Diego Ramírez Archipelago after Isla Bartolomé. The archipelago lies in the Drake Passage between the continents of South America and Antarctica. It is an important breeding site for black-browed and grey-headed albatrosses, as well as for southern giant petrels.
context_section_description: Isla Gonzalo  is a subantarctic island, uninhabited except for a weather and research station operated by the Chilean Navy.  With an area of 38 hectares (94 acres) it is the second largest of the Chilean Diego Ramírez Archipelago after Isla Bartolomé. The archipelago lies in the Drake Passage between the continents of South America and Antarctica.  It is an important breeding site for black-browed (over 6000 pairs) and grey-headed (over 4000 pairs) albatrosses, as well as for southern giant petrels.
caption: The island is an important breeding site for grey-headed albatrosses
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