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Inaccessible Island has been without permanent inhabitants since 1873. [5] Along with Gough Island, Inaccessible Island is a protected wildlife reserve, and both make up the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Gough and Inaccessible Islands. Inaccessible Island is home of the endemic Inaccessible Island rail, the world's smallest extant flightless ...
South Water Caye Marine Reserve is the largest marine reserve in the Stann Creek district of Belize. It was established in 1996 and covers 47,702 hectares (117,870 acres) of mangrove and coastal ecosystems. [2] It includes the crown reserve of Man-O-War Caye, a nesting site for the brown booby and magnificent frigatebird.
In 1993, the Hawaiian State Legislature established the Kahoʻolawe Island Reserve, consisting of "the entire island and its surrounding ocean waters in a two mile (three km) radius from the shore". By state law, Kahoʻolawe and its waters can be used only for Native Hawaiian cultural, spiritual, and subsistence purposes; fishing; environmental ...
Elizabeth Reef image from NASA Millennium Coral Reef Mapping Project Middleton Reef image from NASA Millennium Coral Reef Mapping Project. Elizabeth and Middleton Reefs Marine National Park Reserve is a former marine protected area consisting of waters around Elizabeth and Middleton reefs located at the south-eastern end of the Coral Sea Islands, an Australian territory in the Coral Sea. [2]
The Aoraki Mackenzie International Dark Sky Reserve is an area of 4,367 km 2 (1,686 sq mi) that was designated as an International Dark Sky Reserve by the International Dark-Sky Association in June 2012. The reserve is located in the Mackenzie District in the South Island of New Zealand. At the time of the designation in 2012, the reserve was ...
A 16,000-square-foot Northville mansion, and the sole residence on an 80-acre island will be featured in an upcoming online auction. 2 breathtaking Michigan estates, including private island ...
The Poor Knights Islands Marine Reserve is a protected area off the coast of the North Island of New Zealand. The reserve, established in 1981 and covering an area of 1,890 ha (4,700 acres), [1] is administered by the Department of Conservation. It surrounds the Poor Knights Islands and adjacent rock stacks Sugarloaf Rock and High Peak Rocks.
New Zealand has 44 marine reserves (as of August 2020) that are spread around the North, the South Island, and neighbouring islands, and on outlying island groups. They are governed by the Marine Reserves Act 1971 and administered by the Department of Conservation with assistance from the Ministry for Primary Industries (formally the Ministry ...