They are also better protected from predators in this huge gathering.
They then put the chicks in one of the creches, returning every two or three days with food.
The picture was taken at the shoreline of South Georgia, a British territory close to the Falklands.
It is one of the main breeding colonies for the birds.
A full penguin breeding cycle lasts more than a year and pairs generally breed twice every three years.
The King Penguin is the second largest species of penguin, weighing up to 35lbs.
The Emperor penguins are the largest.
There are an estimated 2.23million pairs of King Penguins with numbers increasing.
