North East Island
| North East Island | ||
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| Waters | South pacific | |
| Archipelago | Snare Islands | |
| Geographical location | 48 ° 1 ′ 0 ″ S , 166 ° 36 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| length | 3 km | |
| width | 2.5 km | |
| surface | 2.8 km² | |
| Highest elevation | (unnamed) 130 m |
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| Residents | uninhabited | |
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Northeast Iceland is the largest island in the archipelago of to New Zealand belonging Snare Islands in the southwestern Pacific Ocean , some 200 km south of the South Island of New Zealand area.
geography
North East Island is, as the name suggests, in the northeast of the Snare Islands. The island has the shape of a triangle with two long peninsulas as an extension to the west and south. North East Island has a length of about 3 km in east-west direction, a width of 2.5 km in north-south direction and has an area of 280 hectares (2.8 km²). It is thus by far the largest island in the archipelago. South of North East Island is Broughton Island , the second largest island in the Snare Islands. The island reaches a height of 130 m above sea level in the far west, which is also the highest point in the archipelago.
Wildlife
Various deep sea birds breed on the island, the most common of which are:
- Snares penguin
- Snares-marioscatcher
- Fern climber
- Cape petrel
- Antarctic tern
- White-fronted tern
- Red-billed gull
- Dark shearwater
tourism
The Snare Islands are very rarely visited by cruise ships as part of a so-called expedition cruise. The purpose is mostly bird watching. An example ship is the MS Spirit of Enderby .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Guidelines for Protected Area Management Categories . (PDF (22 kB)) IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas , archived from the original on November 12, 2009 ; accessed on September 2, 2014 (English, original website no longer available).
- ↑ Detailed topographic map (accessed September 1, 2010)
- ^ Galapagos of the Southern Ocean from Dunedin | Polar cruises. Retrieved September 29, 2018 .
