Table 1. Emperor penguin population survey 2009 results.

Name	long	lat	image date	area (m2)	BE	image notes	PLC	source	notes
Cape Colbeck, Edward VII Peninsula	−157.7	−77.14	13/10/2009	12262	11438	good	6358	[16]
Rupert Coast	−143.3	−75.38	20/10/2008	1660	1550	good	Uncounted
Ledda Bay	not found		27/10/2009	0	0	NA	Uncounted		Sea ice gone before image taken
Thuston Glacier, Mt Siple	−125.621	−73.5	17/10/2009	3205	2989	good	2500	[11] chick estimate	Previous count very late in the season
Bear Peninsula	−110.25	−74.35	18/11/2009	10144	9457	good	Uncounted
Brownson Islands	−103.64	−74.35	18/11/2009	6140	5732	poor	Uncounted		Heavy guano
Noville Peninsula	−98.45	−71.77	17/11/2009	3822	3568	poor	Uncounted		Heavy guano
Smyley	−78.83	−72.3	12/11/2009	6496	6061	good	Uncounted
Smith	−60.83	−74.37	30/10/2009	4307	4018	good	Uncounted
Dolleman	−60.43	−70.61	04/10/2009	1737	1620	good	Uncounted		Small part of colony missing in image
Snowhill	−57.44	−64.52	26/10/2009	2321	2164	poor	3885	[19]
Gould	−47.68	−77.71	14/10/2009	8833	8242	good	7500	[34]
Luitpold	−33.6	−77077	12/11/2009	6969	6498	good	Uncounted
Dawson	∼−26.67	∼−76.02	13/10/2009	2784	2597	good	11700	Asplin -unpublished BAS report 1986
Halley	−27.43	−75.54	27/10/2009	24127	22510	good	14300	Asplin -unpublished BAS report 1987
Stancomb	−23.09	−74.12	21/10/2009	5849	5455	fair	3000	Asplin –unpublished BAS report 1986	Small amount of smearing
Drescher	−19.34	−72.83	04/10/2009	2469	2305	fair	6600	[35]	No guano, analysis on panchromatic band only
Riiser	−15.11	−72.12	27/10/2009	4304	4013	fair	5900	[35]	High cloud- cover
Atka	−8.13	−70.61	08/09/2009	10355	9657	good	8000	[35]
Sanae	−1.42	−70	28/10/2009	3423	3193	good	113	[36]
Astrid	8.31	−69.95	28/11/2009	1467	1368	poor	Uncounted		Late image, colony already dispersed
Lazarev	15.55	−69.75	11/10/2009	881	821	fair	4500	[37]
Ragnhild	27.15	−69.9	10/10/2009	7362	6870	good	Uncounted
Gunnerus	34.38	−68.75	31/10/2009	4989	4652	fair	7000	[28]
Umbeashi	43.01	−68.05	14/10/2009	156	146	good	225	[28]
Amundsen Bay	50.55	−66.78	20/10/2009	94	88	poor	250	[39]	Small, difficult to assess
Kloa Point	57.28	−66.64	13/11/2009	3521	3283	good	4500	[38]
Fold Island	59.32	−67.32	14/10/2009	228	213	good	348	[38]
Taylor Glacier	60.88	−67.45	21/10/2009	556	519	fair	2900	[11]	Some smearing over colony
Auster	63.98	−67.39	25/10/2009	8422	7855	poor	11000	[11]
Cape Darnley	69.7	−67.88	15/10/2009	3713	3465	good	5000	[40]
Amanda Bay	76.83	−69.27	13/10/2009	7315	6831	good	9000	[38]
Haswell Island	93.01	−66.52	27/08/2009	3482	3247	poor	17000		Multispectral image bad, reanalysed with panchromatic image
Shackleton Ice Shelf	96.02	−64.86	10/10/2009	6937	6471	good	Uncounted
Bowman Island	103.07	−65.16	26/10/2009	1724	1609	good	Uncounted		Good image
Peterson Bank	110.23	−65.92	24/11/2009	0	0	NA	1000	[18]	Late image, colony dispersed
Dibble Glacier	134.79	−66.01	12/10/2009	13377	12476	fair	Uncounted		Analysis of panchromatic only
Point Geologie	140.01	−66.67	01/10/2009	2632	2456	poor	2300	[11]	Streaking in panchromatic band
Mertz Glacier	146.62	−66.892	17/11/2009	5122	4781	poor	Uncounted		Huddles small and difficult to assess
Davis Bay	158.49	−69.35	11/10/2009	1870	1745	good	Uncounted
Cape Washington	165.37	−74.64	16/10/2009	12663	11808	good	16822	[16]adults	Good image, lots of guano, may be underestimate
Beaufort Island	167.02	−76.93	12/10/2009	1758	1641	poor	1312	[16] adults	colony in shadow, difficult to differentiate
Franklin Island	168.43	−76.18	13/10/2009	8101	7561	good	2460	[16]adults	probable over-estimate
Cape Crozier	169.32	−77.46	11/10/2009	325	303	good	437	[16]adults	Small colony, image OK.
Coulman Island	∼169.61	∼−73.35	16/10/2009	27114	25298	fair	31432	[16]adults	Streaking in panchromatic band
Cape Roget	170.59	−71.99	16/10/2009	10186	9505	fair	7207	[3] chicks counted1996	Some streaking in panchromatic band; results may be overestimate
			Total	238079

Table 1 presents the locations and best population estimate (BE) for each emperor penguin colony in the survey. The table also gives the image quality and the most recently published count for the colonies that have been previously counted with corresponding references.