Hook keys

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Hook keys
Map of Campbell Island with the Hook Keys to the west
Map of Campbell Island with the Hook Keys to the west
Waters Pacific Ocean
Geographical location 52 ° 33 ′  S , 168 ° 59 ′  E Coordinates: 52 ° 33 ′  S , 168 ° 59 ′  E
Hook Keys (New Zealand Outlying Islands)
Hook keys
length 420 mdep1
width 190 mdep1
Highest elevation 208  m
Residents uninhabited

The Hook Keys are two 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 two 118  m and 208  m high islands are located 435 m apart, 1.6 km southwest of the coast of Campbell Island . The northeastern island has a length of 420 m and measures 190 m at its widest point. The south-westerly extends over 235 m and measures a maximum of 96 m in width. 1.6 km east of the Hook Keys and 130 m off the coast of Campbell Island is another 280 m long and up to 183 m wide rocky island that bears no name.

geology

The hook keys are made of basalt rock. The islands were formed by erosion and were 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

  1. ↑ a b 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).
  2. ↑ a b Coordinates and longitudes were determined using Goggle Earth Pro Version 7.3.1.4507 on June 9, 2018
  3. ^ Marshall : New Zealand and adjacent islands . 1912, p.  62-64 .
  4. ^ New Zealand Sub-Antarctic Islands - Description . UNESCO , 1998, accessed June 9, 2018 .