Little Mangere Island
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| Waters | South pacific | |
| Archipelago | Chatham Islands | |
| Geographical location | 44 ° 27 ′ S , 176 ° 31 ′ W | |
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| Highest elevation | 214 m | |
| Residents | uninhabited | |
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Little Mangere Island is a small island that belongs to the Chatham Islands , which are spread over a total lake area of around 7000 km². The island is located around 650 km southeast of the North Island of New Zealand and around 860 km east of Christchurch . The island is uninhabited. Politically, it belongs to the Chatham Islands Territory , the smallest administrative unit in New Zealand.
The island has an area of less than 15 hectares. The island is comparatively flat and is surrounded by high, steep cliffs. The highest point is 214 meters. The island is privately owned and was originally the only remaining refuge for the Chatham flycatcher . In 1972 rangers found only 18 Chatham snapper on Little Mangere Island. In 1976 only seven of them were still alive, in 1980 two more birds died and no pair had hatched. Of the five surviving birds, there was only one reproductive female, known as "Old Blue". The remaining birds were brought to Mangere Island and South East Island as part of a rescue operation at the beginning of the 1980s by the New Zealand ornithologist Don Merton , where it was possible to increase the numbers again.
Little Mangere Island is home to the largest colony of the dark shearwater in the Chatham Islands. It is also colonized by the long-billed chygone, among others .
literature
- Christian Nau: The Island Lexicon - All Islands in the World . Heel Verlag, Königswinter 2003, ISBN 3-89880-220-5 .
- David Butler, Don Merton: The Black Robin: Saving the World's Most Endangered Bird , Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1992. ISBN 0-19-558260-8 .
Web links
- Homepage. Chatham Island Council, accessed May 1, 2017 .
- Chatham Islands - Natural Heritage. Kiwi Favorites, accessed on May 1, 2017 (English, blog with various articles on the topic).
- Homepage. Chatham Island Taiko Trust, accessed June 1, 2017 .
Single receipts
- ↑ Chatham Island fantail, Chatham Island tomtit and Chatham Island warbler recovery plan (PDF) Retrieved May 1, 2017.