With an area of 130 km2 (50 sq mi) it is the second largest island of the group.

[1] The island has been identified as an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International as a breeding site for seabirds.

Key species include king, gentoo, macaroni and northern rockhopper penguins, wandering, grey-headed, light-mantled, sooty and black-browed albatrosses, both northern and southern giant petrels, medium-billed and fairy prions, great-winged, soft-plumaged, white-chinned, grey, blue and Kerguelen petrels, Wilson's, grey-backed and black-bellied storm petrels, common and South Georgia diving petrels, Crozet blue-eyed shags, brown skuas and Kerguelen terns.

The island is also the site of the largest breeding population of southern elephant seals in the archipelago.

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