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Norfolk Island (/ ˈ n ɔːr f ə k / NOR-fək, locally / ˈ n ɔːr f oʊ k / NOR-fohk; [9] Norfuk: Norf'k Ailen [10]) is an external territory of Australia located in the Pacific Ocean between New Zealand and New Caledonia, approximately 1,412 km (877 mi; 762 nmi) east of Australia's Evans Head and about 900 km (560 mi; 490 nmi) from Lord Howe Island.
The park’s area includes the Mount Pitt section on the namesake Norfolk Island with an area of 4.60 km 2 (1.78 sq mi) / 460 ha (1,100 acres), as well as the neighbouring Phillip Island encompassing 1.90 km 2 (0.73 sq mi) / 190 ha (470 acres), [1] and the much smaller Nepean Island. The Norfolk Island group is a Commonwealth of Australia ...
The Norfolk Marine Park (formerly known as the Norfolk Commonwealth Marine Reserve) is an Australian marine park located in the waters immediately offshore of Norfolk Island, an external territory of Australia. The marine park extends 700 km (430 mi) in a north–south direction and covers an area of 188,444 km 2 (72,759 sq mi).
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The Norfolk Island Museum which is spread across five locations, including: No. 10 Quality Row - a Georgian period house; Pier Store - museum of the Bounty Mutineers and Pitcairn Island; Sirius Museum - maritime museum dedicated to HMS Sirius; Commissariat Store - archaeological displays; Norfolk Island Research Centre - archive; Bounty Folk Museum
Norfolk Island Lighter Boat, with Pier Store in background. Norfolk Island Museum consists of five sites: No. 10 Quality Row - a Georgian period house; Pier Store - a museum of the Bounty Mutineers and Pitcairn Island; Sirius Museum - a maritime museum dedicated to HMS Sirius; Commissariat Store - housing archaeological displays; Norfolk Island Research Centre - the archive.
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The town of Burnt Pine, the main commercial and population centre of the island, is about 3 km (1.9 mi) to the northwest, and the hamlet of Middlegate is about 2 km (1.2 mi) to the north. The uninhabited Nepean Island and Phillip Island are prominent in the sea view from Kingston.