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Macquarie Island is a subantarctic island in the south-western Pacific Ocean, about halfway between New Zealand and Antarctica. [1] It has been governed as a part of Tasmania, Australia, since 1880. It became a Tasmanian State Reserve in 1978 and was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997.
The Macquarie Island Station, commonly called Macca, [2] is a permanent Australian subantarctic research base on Macquarie Island, situated in the Southern Ocean and located approximately halfway between Mainland Australia and Antarctica, managed by the Australian Antarctic Division (AAD).
The Macquarie Island Marine Park (previously known as the Macquarie Island Commonwealth Marine Reserve) is an Australian marine park surrounding Macquarie Island in the southwest Pacific. The marine park covers an area of 475,465 km 2 (183,578 sq mi) and is assigned IUCN category IV.
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Macquarie Island (433 m or 1,421 ft) is the furthest south and the coldest. Where present, soils are mainly boggy peats, up to 8 m (26.2 ft) deep in flat areas. None of the islands are inhabited although there are ongoing research projects including a permanent base of the Australian Antarctic Division on Macquarie Island.
Remarkable Rocks on Kangaroo Island, 2007 Greenly Island; a distant view taken from the sea (circa 1903) (State Library of South Australia PRG 280/1/1/120) Chinamans Hat Island as viewed from the nearby coastline View of Pearson Island from its south end circa 1914 (State Library of South Australia PRG-280-1-12-263)
They are, with Macquarie Island, part of Tasmania, Australia. [1] They are in the Macquarie Island Nature Reserve and were inscribed in 1997 on the UNESCO World Heritage Area, [2] and form a Special Management Area within the nature reserve. They are very infrequently visited and are free of introduced animals and plants.
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