Bishop and Clerk Islands
| Bishop and Clerk Islands | ||
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| Waters | South pacific | |
| Geographical location | 55 ° 7 ′ S , 158 ° 41 ′ E | |
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| Number of islands | 27 | |
| Main island | Bishop Island | |
| Total land area | 0.03 km² | |
| Residents | uninhabited | |
The uninhabited Bishop and Clerk Islands ( English Bishop and Clerk Islets ) are 28.4 km south of Hurd Point , the southernmost point of Macquarie Island in the southern Pacific Ocean and cover a land area of 3 hectares (0.03 km²). They form the southernmost point of Australia and are 1526 km from the island of Tasmania and 1995 km from the Australian continent ( Victoria ). They are part of the Macquarie Island Commonwealth Marine Reserve , which is administered from Tasmania.
The rocks of the archipelago protrude about 50 m above sea level and are geologically composed like Macquarie Island.
Six species of seabirds breed on the islets, including the Macquarie Shark ( Phalacrocorax purpurascens ), more black-browed albatrosses than on Macquarie Island, and one species of sea lion . It is thought possible that petrel and whale species breed there, but it has not been researched.
Macquaries shark
Black-browed albatross
See also
literature
- DJ Lugg, GW Johnstone, BJ Griffin: The Outlying Islands of Macquarie Island . In: The Royal Geographical Society with the Institute of British Geographers (Ed.): The Geographical Journal . tape 144 , no. 2 , July 1978, ISSN 0016-7398 , p. 277–287 (English, online [PDF; 5.5 MB ]).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Leucocarbo atriceps purpurascens - Imperial Shag (Macquarie Island). In: Species Profile and Threats Database. Australian Government - Department of the Environment and Energy, accessed September 19, 2016 .
- ^ D. MacKenzie: The birds and seals of the Bishop and Clerk Islets, Macquarie Island . In: Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union (ed.): Emu - Austral Ornithology . tape 67 , no. 4 , 1967, ISSN 0158-4197 , pp. 241–245 (English, online [PDF; 943 kB ] with costs).