Macquarie Island lies in the south west corner of the Pacific Ocean, about half-way between New Zealand and Antarctica.Politically, it has formed the main Australian state of Tasmania since 1900 and grew to become a Tasmanian State Reserve in 1978. In 1997 it became a world heritage site. It was a part of Esperance Municipality [...]
The New Zealand Sub-Antarctic Islands consist of five island groups (the Snares, Bounty Islands, Antipodes Islands, Auckland Islands and Campbell Island) in the Southern Ocean south-east of New Zealand. The islands, lying between the Antarctic and Subtropical Convergences and the seas, have a high level of productivity, biodiversity, wildlife population densities and endemism among birds, [...]
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