Folly Island (New Zealand)

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Folly Island
Map of Campbell Island with Folly Island to the west
Map of Campbell Island with Folly Island to the west
Waters Pacific Ocean
Geographical location 52 ° 32 '  S , 169 ° 3'  E Coordinates: 52 ° 32 '  S , 169 ° 3'  E
Folly Island (New Zealand) (New Zealand Outlying Islands)
Folly Island (New Zealand)
length 460 mdep1
width 225 mdep1
Highest elevation >
60  m
Residents uninhabited

Folly Island is one of the Campbell Islands , a group of small subarctic islands off the New Zealand island of Campbell Island in the southern Pacific Ocean .

geography

The 460 m long and up to 225 m wide island is located 30 m from Ramp Point on the southwestern headland of Campbell Island . With its steeply sloping rocks, it rises to over 60  m from the sea.

geology

Folly Island is made up of basalt rock. The island was formed by erosion and was originally part of the former volcano that formed Campbell Island in the late Cenozoic .

Flora and fauna

The island is covered with tussock (Poa litorosa and Poa foliosa) , among other things . There are no bushes and trees. A special grass known as Chionochloa antarctica is believed to be found on the island as an original and pristine form.

When the island was explored in 1976, rats were found living on the island.

World natural heritage

As part of Campbell Iceland , the island now belongs to in 1998 recognized UNESCO - World Heritage in which the sub-Arctic archipelagos The Snares , Bounty Islands , Antipodes Islands , Auckland Islands and the island of Campbell Iceland got the protection status pronounced.

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]).
  • MN Foggo, Colin D. Meurk : Notes on a Visit to Jacquemart Island in the Campbell Island Group . In: New Zealand Journal of Ecology . Vol. 4 , 1981, pp. 29–32 (English, online [PDF; 473 kB ; accessed on June 7, 2018]).

Web links

  • Campbell Island . (JPG 4.0 MB)Land Information New Zealand,accessed on June 7, 2018(English, detailed topographic map ofCampbell Islandwith its small neighboring islands and rocky islands).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Coordinates and longitudes were determined using Goggle Earth Pro Version 7.3.1.4507 on June 7th, 2018
  2. ^ 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).
  3. ^ Marshall : New Zealand and adjacent islands . 1912, p.  62-64 .
  4. ↑ a b Foggo, Meurk : Notes on a Visit to Jacquemart Iceland in the Campbell Group Iceland . 1981, p.  30 .
  5. ↑ Foggo, Meurk : Notes on a Visit to Jacquemart Iceland in the Campbell Group Iceland . 1981, p.  29 .
  6. ^ New Zealand Sub-Antarctic Islands - Description . UNESCO , 1998, accessed June 7, 2018 .