New Zealand outlying islands
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The New Zealand outlying islands are nine offshore island groups that are part of New Zealand, with all but Solander Islands lying beyond the 12nm limit of the mainland's territorial waters. Although considered integral parts of New Zealand, seven of the nine island groups are not part of any administrative region or district, but are instead each designated as an Area Outside Territorial Authority. The two exceptions are the Chatham Islands, which are covered by their own special territorial authority, and the Solander Islands, which are part of the Southland Region and Southland District.
Eight island groups sit on the New Zealand continental shelf, which forms a part of Zealandia. The Kermadec Islands, northeast of mainland New Zealand, are on a ridge, whose location as part or not part of Zealandia is not yet proven by geologists.[1][2] Both sources show a map drawn of Zealandia, marking the location of islands north and south of New Zealand.
The term is also used sometimes to further encompass the Balleny Islands, a group of sub-Antarctic islands technically considered a part of the Ross Dependency and covered by the Antarctic Treaty.Template:Fact
The five island groups of the New Zealand Subantarctic Islands, including their territorial seas, are a World Heritage Site.[3]
Island groups
The nine island groups classed as part of New Zealand's outlying islands are:
| Map | Island group (other names) |
Location | Coordinates | Area | Highest peak Altitude |
Notes |
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| File:Topographical map of the Antipodes Islands in English.svg | Antipodes Islands[4] (Moutere Mahue) |
New Zealand Subantarctic Islands, Script error: No such module "convert". east-southeast of Stewart Island / Rakiura | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | Script error: No such module "convert". | Mount Galloway Script error: No such module "convert". |
Part of the New Zealand Subantarctic Islands World Heritage Site |
| File:Auckland Islands New Zealand geographic map en.svg | Auckland Islands[5] (Motu Maha, Maungahuka) |
New Zealand Subantarctic Islands, Script error: No such module "convert". south-southwest of Stewart Island / Rakiura | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | Script error: No such module "convert". | Mount Dick Script error: No such module "convert". |
Part of the New Zealand Subantarctic Islands World Heritage Site |
| File:Bounty Islands New Zealand geographic map en.svg | Bounty Islands[6] (Moutere Hauriri) |
New Zealand Subantarctic Islands, roughly Script error: No such module "convert". east-south-east of New Zealand's South Island and Script error: No such module "convert". south-west of the Chatham Islands | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | Script error: No such module "convert". | Unnamed point on Funnel Island Script error: No such module "convert". |
Part of the New Zealand Subantarctic Islands World Heritage Site |
| File:Campbell Island New Zealand geographic map en.svg | Campbell Islands[7] (Motu Ihupuku) |
New Zealand Subantarctic Islands, Script error: No such module "convert". SSW of Stewart Island / Rakiura | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | Script error: No such module "convert". | Mount Honey Script error: No such module "convert". |
Part of the New Zealand Subantarctic Islands World Heritage Site |
| File:Chatham-Islands map topo en.svg | Chatham Islands[8] (Rēkohu, Wharekauri) |
South Pacific Ocean, roughly Script error: No such module "convert". east of New Zealand's South Island | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | Script error: No such module "convert". | Unnamed point on Chatham Island Script error: No such module "convert". |
Largest outlying island group, and the only one with a permanent population (Template:NZ population data 2023 SA2 as of Template:NZ population data 2023 SA2). |
| File:Karta NZ Kermadec isl.PNG | Kermadec Islands[9] (Rangitāhua) |
South Pacific Ocean, roughly Script error: No such module "convert". north of New Zealand's North Island | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | Script error: No such module "convert". | Moumoukai Peak Script error: No such module "convert". |
Northernmost outlying island group, consisting of a range of volcanic islands which are part of the wider Tonga-Kermadec Ridge. Despite having no permanent population, a meteorological station on Raoul Island is permanently staffed. |
| File:Three Kings Islands New Zealand geographic map en.svg | Manawatāwhi / Three Kings Islands[10] (Ngā Motu Karaka) |
Convergence of the Tasman Sea and the South Pacific Ocean, roughly Script error: No such module "convert". northwest of Cape Reinga / Te Rerenga Wairua | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | Script error: No such module "convert". | Unnamed point on Manawatāwhi / Great Island Script error: No such module "convert". |
The islands are on a submarine plateau, the Three Kings Bank, and are separated from the New Zealand mainland by an 8 km wide, 200 to 300 m deep submarine trough |
| File:Snares Islands New Zealand geographic map en.svg | Snares Islands / Tini Heke[11] (Te Taniwha) |
New Zealand Subantarctic Islands, Script error: No such module "convert". south of New Zealand's South Island | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | Script error: No such module "convert". | Unnamed point on North East Island Script error: No such module "convert". |
Part of the New Zealand Subantarctic Islands World Heritage Site. Given a dual name with the Ngāi Tahu Claims Settlement Act 1998. |
| File:Solander Islands New Zealand geographic map en.svg | Solander Islands / Hautere[12] | West of the Foveaux Strait, roughly Script error: No such module "convert". south of Fiordland on New Zealand's South Island | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | Script error: No such module "convert". | Unnamed point on Solander Island / Hautere Script error: No such module "convert". |
Only outlying island group to fall within the authority of a regional council, in this case Environment Southland. Given a dual name with the Ngāi Tahu Claims Settlement Act 1998. |
Population
The islands are all uninhabited except the Chatham Islands.
There is a staffed meteorological station on Raoul Island of the Kermadec Islands. The meteorological station on Campbell Island has been unstaffed and automated since 1995. There was a meteorological station on the Auckland Islands from 1942 to 1945. The Three Kings Islands and the Auckland Islands were formerly inhabited. There have been failed settlement attempts on Raoul Island, the Antipodes Islands and the Auckland Islands. The Solander Islands have never been inhabited except by shipwrecked sailors or marooned stowaways (for the longest period, from 1808 to 1813 by five European stowaways).
See also
- List of Antarctic and subantarctic islands
- List of islands of New Zealand
- New Zealand Subantarctic Islands
- Outlying Islands, Hong Kong
- United States Minor Outlying Islands
References
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| Countries | File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand | File:Flag of the Cook Islands.svg Cook Islands | File:Flag of Niue.svg Niue | ||||||||
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| Regions | 11 non-unitary regions | 5 unitary regions | Chatham Islands | Kermadec Islands NZ Subantarctic Islands Manawatāwhi / Three Kings Islands |
File:Flag of Tokelau.svg Tokelau | Ross Dependency | 15 islands | 14 villages | |||
| Territorial authorities | 11 cities and 50 districts | 1 metropolitan area, 1 city, and 3 districts | |||||||||
| Notes | Seven districts lie in more than one region | These combine the regional and the territorial authority levels in one | Special territorial authority | New Zealand outlying islands outside any regional authority (the outlying Solander Islands form a part of the Southland Region) | Non-self-governing territory of New Zealand | New Zealand's Antarctic dependency | States in free association with New Zealand | ||||
