Nugent Island
Nugent Island | |
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View from Raoul Island to Nugent and the larger neighboring islands Meyer Islands and Dayrell Island , Nugent behind the trees on the left | |
Waters | Pacific Ocean |
Archipelago | Kermadec Islands |
Geographical location | 29 ° 13 '54 " S , 177 ° 52' 9" W |
length | 100 m |
width | 100 m |
Nugent Island to the northeast of the 1887 nautical chart |
Nugent Island is the northernmost island of the Kermadec Islands , making it the northernmost area in New Zealand . Located northeast of New Zealand, it is roughly circular and about 100 meters in diameter. Nugent Island belongs to the group of islands around Raoul Island .
The island's rock is approximately 600,000 to 1.4 million years old; it consists of raised and tilted pillow lava and was formed during submarine volcanic eruptions .