Chalky Island (New Zealand)
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| Waters | Pacific Ocean , Tasman Sea | |
| Geographical location | 46 ° 3 ′ S , 166 ° 31 ′ E | |
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| surface | 475 ha | |
| Highest elevation | 149 m | |
| Residents | uninhabited | |
Chalky Island is an island in the southwest of the South Island of New Zealand and part of the Fiordland National Park .
geography
The 475 acre island is located at the entrance to Chalky Inlet on the southwest tip of the South Island, 10 km northwest of Puysegur Point , 15 km southeast of West Cape and 140 km west of Invercargill . In the east of the island runs the Eastern Passage and in the west the Western Passage of the Chalky Inlet . In the north, the island is separated from the main island of the two Passage Islands by the Bad Passage, which is less than 100 m wide . It is 2750 m away from the nearest shore of the mainland. The highest point measures 149 m .
history
The island was first mapped by James Cook in 1773 and was a seal hunter base in the late 18th and early 19th centuries , as is remembered by Sealers Bay in the north.
nature
By the Department of Conservation in 1990 all predators on the island were exterminated and later designated as a bird sanctuary . The sanctuary is one of the two most important of four sanctuaries for the flightless parrot Kakapo .
In addition, the southern subspecies of the long-legged flycatcher ( Petroica australis australis ) was relocated from Breaksea Island to the island in 2010 .
Yellow-headed , saddle-birds , dwarf kiwi and jumping parakeet also live on the island .
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Rodent Invasion Project - Chalky Island . Department of Statistics, The University of Auckland , 2005, archived from the original on February 19, 2013 ; accessed on January 11, 2016 (English, original website no longer available).
- ↑ NZtopo50, sheet CD05
- ↑ a b conservation . chalkydigits , archived from the original on March 9, 2016 ; accessed on January 11, 2016 (English, original website no longer available).