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Kadavulailai (also known as Bounty Island) is a small, private island within the Mamanuca Islands of Fiji in the South Pacific. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] The islands are a part of the Fiji's Western Division .
The largest island in this group, Molly Cap, is the group's southernmost island, and contains the chain's second-highest point, 70 m (230 ft) above sea level. This group contains two large islets and one small islet, along with several reefs and stacks, one of which is the easternmost point in the chain.
The Bounty Islands are densely populated with the world's largest colony of over 20,000 New Zealand fur seals, about 30,000 breeding pairs each of Salvin’s mollymawks, erect-crested penguins, and fulmar prions, and about 500-600 pairs of Bounty Island Shag. The islands can be smelt and heard from a long distance away during the crowded summer ...
Bounty Island may refer to: Bounty Islands , a small group of 13 islets and numerous rocks in the south Pacific Ocean which are territorially part of New Zealand. Bounty Island, the common name of Kadavulailai Island in the Mamanuca Islands group, Fiji.
The Antipodes, Auckland, Bounty and Campbell Islands are collectively designated the Antipodean Islands in the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions. The Snares Islands / Tini Heke are included with the South Island in New Zealand South under the scheme.
The Bounty Islands are small granite rocks (with a maximum height of 88 m or 289 ft), while the small Antipodes Islands group (maximum height 366 m), the largest group the Auckland Islands (705 m or 2,313 ft) and Campbell Island (569 m or 1,867 ft) are volcanic in origin. Macquarie Island (433 m or 1,421 ft) is the furthest south and the coldest.
Big Island (New Zealand) Bird Island (Southland) Boat Group; Boat Passage Islands; Bombay Rock (New Zealand) Bragg Nugget; Bravo Island; Breaksea Islands (Foveaux Strait)
The island is an important bird nesting site, and is located within the Bounty Islands/Moutere Hauriri Marine Reserve. [1] Depot Island lies at the centre of the Bounties' main group, in the northwest of the chain. It is surrounded by numerous smaller islands, notably Proclamation, Ruatara, Spider, Penguin, Tunnel, and Ranfurly Islands.