Aitcho Islands are covered with colorful mosses and lichens are a haven and breeding place for Gentoo and chinstrap penguins

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The Aitcho Islands in the South Shetland group are named for the British Admiralty's Hydrographic Office (HO) Lying between Greenwich and Robert Islands they are covered with fragile moss and colourful lichens and are host to both gentoo and chinstrap penguins as well as elephant seals

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Location: Aitcho Island,Antarctica, Antarctic
Photo credit: © NORMA JOSEPH / Alamy / Afripics
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