Table 1 Overview of islands and archipelagos included in the SIVFLORA database.

From: Southern Islands Vascular Flora (SIVFLORA) dataset: A global plant database from Southern Ocean islands

Island-Archipelago

Latitude

Longitude

Surface (km2)

Human settlement

Protected areas designations

Climate

Amsterdam

37°49′S

77°31′E

58

No (scientists and conservationists non-permanent personnel only)

Antarctic French National Park (1938); Terrestrial Nature Reserve; Marine Nature Reserve; French Southern Territories National Nature Reserve (RNN) 2006; UNESCO World Heritage Site (2019) entered as “French Austral Lands and Seas”

Sub-Antarctic

Antipodas

49°40′S

178°45′58″E

22

No

UNESCO World Heritage Site (1998) entered as “New Zealand Sub-Antarctic Islands”; Reserve for Protection of Flora & Fauna (1961); Antipodes Islands Nature Reserve (1977)

Sub-Antarctic

Bollons

49°38′S

178°49′04″E

2

Cabo Hornos (arch.)

55°58′S

67°17′21″W

630.93

Yes

Cape Horn National Park (1945); UNESCO Man and the Biosphere Programme (MAB) Cape Horn Biosphere Reserve (2005)

Magellanic Sub-Antarctic

Bandurrias (BAN)

55°37′S

67°30′W

Bayly (BAY)

55°37′S

67°37′W

Grevy (GRE)

55°33′S

67°38′51,42″W

Hermite (HER)

55°50′S

67°25′00″W

143.6

Hornos (HOR)

55°58′S

67°14′W

28.3

Hoste (HOS)

55°15′S

69°00′W

Herschel (HSL)

55°50′S

67°12′W

65.5

Ottaries (OTT)

55°36′S

67°32′25″W

Wollaston (WOL)

55°44′S

67°19′W

Diego Ramirez (arch.)

56°29′S

68°44′W

No (meteorological station and lighthouse)

Cape Horn National Park (1945); National Protected Property (Bien Nacional Protegido BNP year 2008); Diego Ramírez Islands-Paso Drake Marine Park (2019)

Magellanic Sub-Antarctic

Bartolomé

56°32′S

68°43′W

1.2

Gonzalo

56°31′S

68°41′00″W

0.44

Auckland (arch.)

50°42′S

166°06′E

570

No

Auckland Islands Nature Reserve (1977); Auckland Islands-Motu Maha Marine Reserve; UNESCO World Heritage Site (1998) entered as “New Zealand Sub-Antarctic Islands”

Sub-Antarctic

Adams

50°53′S

166°3′36″E

96.95

Davis

0.001

Enderby

50°29′S

166°17′44″E

6.95

Ewing

50°31′S

166°18′E

0.58

Rose

0.8

Campbell

52°32′S

169°8′E

115

No (scientists and conservationist non-permanent personnel)

Moutere Ihupuku-Campbell Island Marine Reserve; Campbell Islands Nature Reserve (1977); UNESCO World Heritage Site (1998) entered as “New Zealand Sub-Antarctic Islands”

Sub-Antarctic

Crozet (arch.)

46°23′S

51°40′E

352

No (scientists and conservationist non-permanent personnel)

Antarctic French National Park (1924, except Possesion and L’Est islands); L’Est, aux Cochons, des Pingouins and des Apotres islands are designated as Specially Protected Areas; National Nature Reserve (2006); UNESCO World Heritage Site (2019) entered as “French Austral Lands and Seas”

Sub-Antarctic

Aux cochons

46°06′S

50°14′E

67

des Apotres

45°58′S

50°27′E

2

des Pingouins

46°27′S

50°23′E

3

L’est

46°26′S

52°18′E

130

Possesion

46°24′S

51°46′E

150

De los Estados

54°47′S

64°15′W

534

No (military, scientific and specific tourism non-permanent personnel)

“Isla de Los Estados y Archipiélago Año Nuevo” Wild Natural Reserve (2016)

Magellanic Sub-Antarctic

Observatory

54°39′S

64°08′W

4

Falkland/Malvinas (arch.)

51°48′S

59°31′W

12

Yes

There are 19 National Nature Reserves in the Falkland/Malvinas Islands (eight owned by the government, two owned by environmental or conservation groups and nine owned privately); Sea Lion Island and Bertha’s Beach (East Falkland), are Ramsar Wetlands; There are Wildlife Sanctuaries (since 1964)

Magellanic Sub-Antarctic

Carcass

51°16′S

60°33′W

19

Gran Malvina (west Falkland)

51°47′S

60°07′W

4,377.00

Sea lion

52°26′S

59°05′W

9

Soledad (east Falkland)

51°48′S

58°47′W

6,353.00

Trinidad (Saunders)

51°20′S

60°10′W

132

Gough

40°19′S

9°32′W

57

No (scientific non-permanent personnel)

UNESCO World Heritage Site (1995) entered as “Gough and Inaccessible Islands”; Gough Island Wildlife Reserve (1976); Wetlands of International Importance (Ramsar)

Subtropical

Heard

53°05′S

73°31′E

368

No

UNESCO World Heritage Site (1997) entered as “Heard and McDonald Islands”; The Heard and McDonald Islands are Ramsar Wetlands

Sub-Antarctic

Kerguelen (arch.)

49°15′S

69°10′E

7,215

No (scientific non-permanent personnel)

Antarctic French National Park (1938); Terrestrial Nature Reserve; Marine Nature Reserve; French Southern Territories National Nature Reserve (RNN) 2006; most islands are designated as a Specially Protected Areas; UNESCO World Heritage Site (2019) entered as “French Austral Lands and Seas”

Sub-Antarctic

Australia

49°27′S

69°50′E

37

Aux moules

49°24′S

69°56′E

4

Chateau

49°29′S

69°55′E

Croy

48°38′S

68°37′E

16

Grande Terre

49°15′S

69°10′E

6,675

Haute

49°22′S

69°54′E

12

Howe

48°52′S

69°27′E

54

Longue

49°32′S

69°54′E

35

Verte

49°30′S

70°02′E

1.5

Macquarie

54°37′S

158°51′W

128

No (scientific non-permanent personnel)

UNESCO World Heritage Site (1997) entered as “Macquarie Island”; Nature Sanctuary (1933); Macquarie Island Nature Reserve (1970, 1978); Biosphere Reserve (1977) under “the Man and the Biosphere Program from 1977 until its withdrawal from the program in 2011”

Sub-Antarctic

Marion

46°54′S

37°44′E

290

No (scientific non-permanent personnel)

Marion Island Nature Reserve (1995); Marine Protected Area (2013)

Sub-Antarctic

McDonald

53°03′S

72°36′E

2.6

No

UNESCO World Heritage Site (1997) entered as “Heard and McDonald Islands”; The Heard and McDonald Islands are Ramsar Wetlands; Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources

Sub-Antarctic

Prince Edward

46°52′S

37°45′E

45

No (scientific non-permanent personnel)

Prince Edward Island Nature Reserve (1995); Marine Protected Area (2013)

Sub-Antarctic

Saint Paul

38°43′S

77°31′E

8

No

Antarctic French National Park (1938) and are designated as a Specially Protected Areas; Terrestrial Nature Reserve; Marine Nature Reserve; French Southern Territories National Nature Reserve (RNN) 2006; UNESCO World Heritage Site (2019) entered as “French Austral Lands and Seas”

Sub-Antarctic

Snares

48°01′S

166°36′E

3.4

No (biological station with few scientific non-permanent personnel)

Nature Reserve (1977); National Reserve (1983); UNESCO World Heritage Site (1998) entered as “New Zealand Sub-Antarctic Islands”

Sub-Antarctic

South Georgia

54°26′S

36°33′W

3,756

No (very small scientific non-permanent personnel)

Site of Special Scientific Interest - Bird and Annenkov islands (1975); Specially Protected Area-Cooper Island (1975); Special Tourist Interest Areas (Cape Buller and Cape Wilson); Marine Protected Area (2012-2013)

Sub-Antarctic

South Orkney (arch.)

60°40′S

45°11′W

620

No (biological station with few scientific non-permanent personnel in Signy and Laurie Research Station)

Entire islands are protected without specific designation (1964); Specially Protected Areas - Moe, Lynch, Southern Powell, Grey, Michelsen islands among others (1966)

Maritime Antarctic

Coronation

60°37′S

45°35′W

457

Laurie

60°40′S

45°11′W

86

Signy

60°43′S

45°36′W

19

South Sandwich

58°25′S

26°23′W

320

No (scientific non-permanent personnel)

The island is protected without specific designation (1975)

Maritime Antarctic

Tristan da Cunha

37°07′S

12°17′W

98

Yes

The islands are protected as Sanctuaries without specific designation (1976); UNESCO World Heritage Site (1995) entered as “Gough and Inaccessible Islands”; Marine Protection Zone; Whale Sanctuary (2001) by Tristan Island Council

Subtropical

  1. The table details 22 islands/archipelagos and 62 localities across the Southern Ocean. Attributes include island/archipelago name, geographic coordinates (latitude and longitude), surface area (km²), human settlement status, protected area designations, and climate zone. Protected area designations highlight conservation frameworks such as national parks, marine reserves, and UNESCO World Heritage Sites, where applicable. Climate zones are classified into Sub-Antarctic, Magellanic Sub-Antarctic, Maritime Antarctic, or Subtropical based on geographic and bioclimatic characteristics.