Tarahiki Island
| Tarahiki Island | ||
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| Waters | Hauraki Gulf | |
| Geographical location | 36 ° 47 ′ S , 175 ° 14 ′ E | |
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| length | 470 m | |
| width | 240 m | |
| surface | 6 hectares | |
| Highest elevation | 68 m | |
| Residents | uninhabited | |
Tarahiki Island , also called Shag Island , is an island in the Hauraki Gulf in the north of the North Island of New Zealand .
geography
The approximately 6 hectare island is located around 3 km east of Waiheke Island and around 24 km west of the small town of Coromandel on the Coromandel Peninsula . It has a length of around 470 m in north-south direction and measures around 240 m at its widest point. The highest point on the island comes to a height of 68 m .
Adjacent islands are Waiheke Island , Pakatoa Island in the west, Rotoroa Island in the southwest and the larger island of Ponui Island behind it .
Administratively, the island belongs to the Auckland Council .
Flora and fauna
On the island live in breeding colonies in about 700 potted shags belonging to the cormorant family , in New Zealand called Spotted Shag .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Topo250 maps . Land Information New Zealand , accessed May 2, 2018 .
- ^ Ewen K. Cameron, Neil C. Davies : Changes in the wild vascular flora of Tiritiri Matangi Island, 1978-2010 . In: New Zealand Journal of Ecology . Volume 37, No. 3 , 2013, p. 315 (English, online [PDF; 3.4 MB ; accessed on May 2, 2018]).
- ↑ Coordinates and longitudes were determined using Goggle Earth Pro Version 7.3.1.4507 on May 2nd, 2018
- ^ Graeme A. Taylor : Classified Summarized Notes, North Island 1 July 1988 to 30 June 1989 . In: Notornis . Volume 37, Issue 3-4 , 1990, pp. 193 (English, online [PDF; 5.9 MB ; accessed on May 2, 2018]).