L'Esperance Rock
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L'Esperance Rock, formerly known as French Rock and Brind Rock,[1](named after William Brind) is the southernmost islet in the Kermadec Islands, to the north of New Zealand. It is Script error: No such module "convert". south of Curtis Island and Script error: No such module "convert". northeast of East Cape on New Zealand's North Island. The smaller L'Havre Rock lies Script error: No such module "convert". to the north-west of L'Esperance; it is a reef that barely reaches the surface. L'Esperance Rock is Script error: No such module "convert". in diameter with an area of Script error: No such module "convert".. It rises to a height of Script error: No such module "convert"..
Important Bird Area
The island forms part of the Kermadec Islands Important Bird Area, identified as such by BirdLife International because it is an important site for nesting seabirds.[2] It is the site of a substantial breeding colony of grey noddies. Masked boobies have also been recorded breeding there.[3]
Flora
As well as other plants, there is an endemic species on the rock, Senecio esperensis.[4]
See also
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- 2012 Kermadec Islands eruption and pumice raft
- New Zealand outlying islands
- List of islands of New Zealand
- List of islands
- Desert island
References
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- ↑ BirdLife International. (2012). Important Bird Areas factsheet: Kermadec Islands. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 2012-02-03.
- ↑ Greene et al. (2004).
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