Star Keys

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Star Keys
Waters South pacific
archipelago Chatham Islands
Geographical location 44 ° 13 ′  S , 176 ° 0 ′  W Coordinates: 44 ° 13 ′  S , 176 ° 0 ′  W
Star Keys (New Zealand Outlying Islands)
Star Keys
Number of islands 5
Main island Round Island
Total land area 0.12 km²
Residents uninhabited
Map of the Chatham Islands, the "Star Keys" east of Pitt Island
Map of the Chatham Islands, the "Star Keys" east of Pitt Island

The Starkey (Moriori: Motuhope ) are smaller a group of rocky islands in the archipelago of to New Zealand belonging Chatham Islands in the southwestern Pacific Ocean .

geography

The islands are about 11 km northeast of Pitt Island almost exactly on the 176th longitude . They thus represent, after the Forty Fours , the second easternmost land mass of the Chatham Islands. The Star Keys consist of five islets, of which Round Island is the largest with a size of around 400 by 300 meters.

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Remarks

  1. Motuhope is the indigenous name used in documents by government authorities, in the case of the Chatham Islands in the Moriori language , see for example: Article about the Chatham Islands ( Memento of the original from June 7, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was used automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 2.6 MB) from the Department of Conservancy @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.doc.govt.nz