Kermadec Islands

Kermadec Islands
geographical name islands SW Pacific NE of New Zealand, belonging to New Zealand area 13 square miles (34 square kilometers), population 9

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  • Kermadec Islands — since 1887.The islands lie within 29° to 31.5° south latitude and 178° to 179° west longitude, 800 ndash; 1000 km northeast of New Zealand s North Island, and a similar distance southwest of Tonga. The centre of the Kermadec Islands group is… …   Wikipedia

  • Kermadec Islands — Satellitenaufnahme der Insel Raoul Karte der Inselgruppe Die Kermadecinseln oder Kermadec Islands sind eine Inselkette aus einigen kleinen Inseln im südwestlichen …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Kermadec Islands — Volcanic island group, South Pacific Ocean. Located northeast of Auckland, N.Z., it includes Raoul, Macauley, and Curtis islands and l Esperance Rock, and it has a total land area of 13 sq mi (34 sq km). Explored in the late 18th century by the… …   Universalium

  • Kermadec Islands — /kɜmədɛk ˈaɪləndz/ (say kermuhdek uyluhndz) plural noun a group of islands lying about 1000 km north east of NZ; a NZ possession. 34 km2 …  

  • Kermadec Islands — …   Useful english dictionary

  • Curtis Island (Kermadec Islands) — Curtis Island is an island in the southwest Pacific (located at coord|30|33|S|178|34|W|). It is a volcanic island with an elevation of 130 m and an area of 0.6 km². Together with neighboring Cheeseman Island it belongs to the Kermadec Islands.… …   Wikipedia

  • Kermadec Red-crowned Parakeet — Illustration by Keulemans, 1891 Scientific classification Kingdom …   Wikipedia

  • Kermadec — or de Kermadec may refer to: Kermadec Islands, a subtropical island arc in the South Pacific Ocean on northeast of New Zealand Kermadec Plate, a long narrow tectonic plate located west of the Kermadec Trench Kermadec Tonga Subduction Zone, a… …   Wikipedia

  • Kermadec-Inseln — Satellitenaufnahme der Insel Raoul Karte der Inselgruppe Die Kermadecinseln oder Kermadec Islands sind eine Inselkette aus einigen kleinen Inseln im südwestlichen …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Kermadec scalyfin — Taxobox | name = Kermadec scalyfin image caption = Photo by Ian Skipworth regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Actinopterygii ordo = Perciformes familia = Pomacentridae genus = Parma species = P. kermadecensis binomial = Parma… …   Wikipedia

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