Wasp Island
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| Waters | Pacific Ocean | |
| Geographical location | 52 ° 35 ′ S , 169 ° 1 ′ E | |
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| length | 340 m | |
| width | 205 m | |
| Highest elevation | 122 m | |
| Residents | uninhabited | |
Wasp Island is one of the Campbell Islands , a group of small subarctic islands off the New Zealand island of Campbell Island in the southern Pacific Ocean .
geography
The 340 m long and up to 205 m wide island is located 1.7 km southwest of Rocky Bay in the southwest of Campbell Island . With its steep cliffs, it rises over 122 m from the sea. 1.9 km to the northeast rises near the coast Monowai Iceland with 144 meters from the sea and approximately 3 km east Survey Iceland .
geology
Wasp Island is made up of basalt rock. The island was formed by erosion and was originally part of the former volcano that formed Campbell Island in the late Cenozoic .
World natural heritage
As part of Campbell Iceland , the island now belongs to in 1998 recognized UNESCO - World Heritage in which the sub-Arctic archipelagos The Snares , Bounty Islands , Antipodes Islands , Auckland Islands and the island of Campbell Iceland got the protection status pronounced.
literature
- Patrick Marshall : New Zealand and adjacent islands . VII Section 1. Carl Winter's University Bookstore , Heidelberg 1912, B. Outlying Islands of New Zealand (English, online [PDF; 6,7 MB ; accessed on June 9, 2018]).
Web links
- Campbell Island . (JPG 4.0 MB)Land Information New Zealand,accessed on June 9, 2018(English, detailed topographic map ofCampbell Islandwith its small neighboring island and rocky islands).
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Coordinates and longitudes were determined using Goggle Earth Pro Version 7.3.1.4507 on June 9, 2018
- ^ Campbell Island . (JPG 4.0 MB) Land Information New Zealand , accessed on June 9, 2018 (English, detailed topographic map of Campbell Island with its small neighboring island and rocky islands).
- ^ Marshall : New Zealand and adjacent islands . 1912, p. 62-64 .
- ^ New Zealand Sub-Antarctic Islands - Description . UNESCO , 1998, accessed June 9, 2018 .