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The Auckland Islands – as with all of New Zealand's subantarctic islands – is a National Nature Reserve, afforded the highest possible level of protection under New Zealand law. In addition, a marine reserve encompasses all of the Auckland Islands territorial sea and internal waterways. [2]
Map of Auckland Island. The island has a land area of about 442.5 km 2 (170.9 sq mi), [1] and is 42 kilometres (26 mi) long. It was formed 25 to 10 million years ago from a huge volcanic pile which formed two domes – one centred around Carnley Harbour in the south and another (the Ross Dome) around Disappointment Island to the west.
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British mariner Abraham Bristow, who was the first European to reach the Auckland Islands, named the island Disappointment Island. [7] [8] Whilst aboard the ship Sarah in 1807, he unsuccessfully surveyed the island for fur seals and a base to reach the nearby fur seal rookeries on the western cliffs of Auckland Island.
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Map of the Auckland Islands, showing Adams Island to the south of the main island. The southern end of Auckland Island broadens to a width of 26 km (16 mi) where a narrow channel, known as Carnley Harbour or the Adams Straits, separates it from the roughly triangular Adams Island (area approximately 100 km 2 or 39 sq mi), which is even more mountainous, reaching a height of 705 m (2,313 ft) at ...
Important Bird Areas of the Auckland Islands (6 P) L. Landforms of the Auckland Islands (2 C, 4 P) Pages in category "Geography of the Auckland Islands"
The large islands of New Zealand were first settled by Eastern Polynesians who adapted their culture to a non-tropical environment. Unlike western Melanesia, leaders were chosen in Polynesia based on their hereditary bloodline. Samoa, however, had another system of government that combines elements of heredity and real-world skills to choose ...