Campbell Islands

Campbell Islands
Map of Campbell Island with its surrounding islands
Waters	Pacific Ocean
Geographical location	52 ° 32 '  S , 169 ° 11'  E Coordinates: 52 ° 32 '  S , 169 ° 11'  E
Number of islands	11
Main island	Campbell Island
Total land area	113.3 km²
Residents	uninhabited
Image from the International Space Station (ISS) from space

As Campbell Islands or Campbell Islands are Campbell Iceland and the surrounding small islands in the southern Pacific Ocean called. The name is not official, however. In the English-language specialist literature, the islands are sometimes also called the Campbell Island Group by scientists . The islands are part of the territory of New Zealand .

Around Campbell Island are:

• Dent Island
• Folly Island
• Gomez Island
• Hook keys
• Isle de Jeanette Marie
• Jacquemart Island
• Monowai Island
• Survey Island
• Wasp Island

They were all created by erosion and were once part of the former volcano that formed Campbell Island in the late Cenozoic .

Dent Island is the largest of all islands surrounding Campbell Island with a length of around 625 m and an area of ​​23  hectares .

literature

• Patrick Marshall : New Zealand and adjacent islands . VII Section 1. Carl Winter's University Bookstore , Heidelberg 1912, B. Outlying Islands of New Zealand (English, online [PDF; 6,7 MB ; accessed on June 8, 2018]).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ David Baker, Jeremy WA Carrol, Hannah K. Edmonds, James R. Fraser, Colin M. Miskelly : Discovery of a previously unknown Coenocorypha snipe in the Campbell Island group, New Zealand subantarctic . In: The Ornithological Society of New Zealand (ed.): Notornis . Vol. 52 , 2005, pp.  143–149 (English, online [PDF; 4.0 MB ; accessed on June 8, 2018]).
2. ^ Marshall : New Zealand and adjacent islands . 1912, p.  62-64 .
3. ^ Campbell Island . (JPG 4.0 MB) Land Information New Zealand , accessed on June 7, 2018 (English, detailed topographic map of Campbell Island with its small neighboring islands and rocky islands).