Adams Island (New Zealand)
| Adams Island | ||
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| Waters | Pacific Ocean | |
| Archipelago | Auckland Islands | |
| Geographical location | 50 ° 53 ' S , 166 ° 5' E | |
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| length | 21.4 km | |
| width | 8.9 km | |
| surface | 109.85 km² | |
| Highest elevation |
Mount Dick 705 m |
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| Residents | uninhabited | |
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Adams Iceland is an island of about Zealand belonging Auckland Islands .
The southern end of the archipelago is up to 26 km wide. Here a narrow canal, Carnley Harbor (also Adams Straits on some maps ) separates the main island of Auckland Island from the almost triangular island of Adams Island .
The area of the island is 61.3 km², mainly mountains, which with Mount Dick reaches a height of 705 m, according to other information only 668 m above sea level.
The canal is the remnant of an extinct volcano; Adams Island and the southern part of the main island are part of the former crater rim .
fauna
The island is one of the last retreats for the endemic Auckland rail ( Lewinia muelleri ), which was thought to be extinct and was only rediscovered in 1966 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Islands of New Zealand - Adams . In: Islands . United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), accessed January 11, 2016 .
- ↑ Auckland Islands - Map 1: 50,000 . (JPG 5.7 MB) Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) , accessed on January 11, 2016 (English).
- ↑ Mount Dick on Peakbagger.com (English)
- ↑ Auckland Island Rail. Lewinia muelleri (Rothschild, 1893). In: Avibase - The World Bird Database. Denis Lepage, accessed June 27, 2020 .
