Macauley Island
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| Waters | Pacific Ocean |
| Archipelago | Kermadec Islands |
| Geographical location | 30 ° 13 '57 " S , 178 ° 25' 55" W |
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| length | 2.1 km |
| width | 1.6 km |
| surface | 3.06 km² |
| Highest elevation | Mount Haszard 238 m |
| Residents | uninhabited |
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Macauley Island (formerly Macaulay Island ) is the second largest island in New Zealand's Kermadec Islands . It is located in the Pacific Ocean 110 kilometers south-southwest of Raoul Island .
The Mount Haszard reaches a height of 238 meters, the island is about 2 kilometers long and eastern along with the 220 meters neighboring island Haszard Iceland 3.06 square kilometers (of which Haszard Iceland about five hectares or 0.05 square kilometers).
The island lies on the south-eastern edge of an underwater caldera with a diameter of 12 kilometers and a depth of 1.1 kilometers. The caldera was created during a volcanic eruption that took place in the second half of the 5th millennium BC using the radiocarbon method . Is dated. In 1825 and 1887 there was evidence of submarine eruptions near Macauley Island.
Settlers lived here at times until the 19th century, and the island has been uninhabited since then. It is impossible for boats to land in bad weather. Macauley Island is part of the Kermadec Islands Marine Reserve and may therefore not be settled and only entered under certain conditions.
Web links
- Macauley Island in the Global Volcanism Program of the Smithsonian Institution (English)
- Ian Wright: Island Volcanoes - Cycles of Growth and Destruction. at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (English)