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Where do southern elephant seals live?

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A crabeater seal (Lobodon carcinophagus) lies on snow-covered ice with its mouth open, surrounded by broken sea ice in East Antarctica. — seal Crabeater seal (*Lobodon carcinophagus*).

The southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) is found throughout sub-Antarctic regions. Specifically, these marine mammals inhabit the coastal waters of sub-Antarctic islands and Patagonia.12

While they breed and molt on land, they spend the winter months at sea, potentially near the pack ice.1