- Macauley Island
Macauley Island is a volcanic island belonging to the
Kermadec Islands , approximately halfway betweenNew Zealand 's North Island andTonga in the southwestPacific Ocean . It is 238 metres high, and forms part of the rim of acaldera centred 8 kilometres to the northwest, atop a largesubmarine 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.References
* [http://www.rsnz.org/publish/nzjgg/1996/118.php Volcanic history of Macauley Island, Kermadec Ridge, New Zealand] , Royal Society of New Zealand]
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*Royal Forest and Bird Protection Socity of New Zealand (2006) Rats removed from Macauley Island. "Forest and Bird" 321: 8.External links
* [http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/05fire/logs/april15/april15.html 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
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