Gomez Island
| Gomez Island | ||
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| Waters | Pacific Ocean | |
| Geographical location | 52 ° 30 ′ S , 169 ° 7 ′ E | |
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| length | 210 m | |
| width | 165 m | |
| Highest elevation | > 60 m |
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| Residents | uninhabited | |
Gomez Island is one of the Campbell Islands , a group of small sub-arctic islands off the New Zealand island of Campbell Island in the southern Pacific Ocean .
geography
The 210 m long and up to 165 m wide island is located 1.15 km west of the west coast of Campbell Island . It rises over 60 m from the sea with its steeply sloping cliffs . Between Gomez Island and the coast of Campbell Island there is another 225 m long rock island, which is divided in two diagonally and has no name.
geology
Gomez 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 .
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 9, 2018]).
Web links
- Campbell Island . (JPG 4.0 MB)Land Information New Zealand,accessed on June 9, 2018(English, detailed topographic map ofCampbell Islandwith its small neighboring island and rocky islands).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Coordinates and longitudes were determined using Goggle Earth Pro Version 7.3.1.4507 on June 9th, 2018
- ^ Campbell Island . (JPG 4.0 MB) Land Information New Zealand , accessed on June 9, 2018 (English, detailed topographic map of Campbell Island with its small neighboring island and rocky islands).
- ^ Marshall : New Zealand and adjacent islands . 1912, p. 62-64 .
- ^ New Zealand Sub-Antarctic Islands - Description . UNESCO , 1998, accessed June 9, 2018 .