Macauley Island
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Macauley Island is a volcanic island belonging to the Kermadec Islands, approximately halfway between New Zealand's North Island and Tonga in the southwest Pacific Ocean. It is 238 metres high, and forms part of the rim of a caldera centred 8 kilometres to the northwest, atop a large submarine volcano.
The island is a breeding colony for Grey Noddies, Kermadec Little Shearwaters and the Kermadec Storm-petrel. The island also holds a population of the Red-crowned Parakeet. In order to protect the islands's wildlife the islands are managed as a nature reserve by the New Zealand Department of Conservation; in 2006 DOC used aerial drops of poison bait in order to remove introduced rats.
[edit] References
- Volcanic history of Macauley Island, Kermadec Ridge, New Zealand, Royal Society of New Zealand]
- Smithsonian Institution Global Volcanism Program: Macauley Island
- Royal Forest and Bird Protection Socity of New Zealand (2006) Rats removed from Macauley Island. Forest and Bird 321: 8.
[edit] External links
- Map of Macauley and Giggenbach submarine volcanoes—Picture of island and article by Ian Wright, Ocean Geology, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, Wellington, New Zealand
- Mapquest map
