Bollons Island
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Bollons Island, as seen from near Antipodes Island
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Position relative to New Zealand and other outlying islands
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| Archipelago | Antipodes Islands |
| Major islands | Antipodes Island, Bollons Island |
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New Zealand
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Bollons Island (Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.) is a small island of the Antipodes Islands Group with an area of 2 km2 (0.77 sq mi). The island group is part of New Zealand.
History
The island is named after John Bollons, Master of the New Zealand Marine Department vessels, NZGSS Hinemoa and SS Tutanekai.
Important Bird Area
The island is part of the Antipodes Islands Important Bird Area (IBA), identified as such by BirdLife International because of the significance of the group as a breeding site for several species of seabirds.[1]
See also
- Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
- New Zealand Subantarctic Islands
- List of Antarctic and subantarctic islands#List of subantarctic islands
- List of islands of New Zealand
- SCAR
- Territorial claims in Antarctica
Further reading
- Taylor, Rowley, (2006) Straight Through from London, the Antipodes and Bounty Islands, New Zealand.Christchurch: Heritage Expeditions New Zealand Ltd. ISBN 0-473-10650-7.
References
- ↑ BirdLife International. (2012). Important Bird Areas factsheet: Antipodes Islands. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 2012-01-27.
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