King penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) gather below Mawson Peak (2,745 metres) on Big Ben - Australia's only active volcano - which dominates the Australian subantarctic territory of Heard Island, located in the Indian Ocean over 4,100 kilometres southwest of Perth, 05 February 2004. More than 25,000 pairs of King penguins breed on Heard Island after their successful recolonisation in 1948, with the population doubling every 5-6 years.
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