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Macquarie Island

Macquarie Island
Islands information
NameMacquarie Island
Geography information
Area128 km2 (49.4 mi)
Length34 km (21.1 mi)
Width5 km (3.1 mi)
Elevation1345.1 ft (410 m)
Highest pointMounts Hamilton and Fletcher
Australia
Administration information
PopulationUninhabited

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Macquarie Island (or Macca) lies in the southwest corner of the Pacific Ocean, about half-way between New Zealand and Antarctica, at 54°30S, 158°57E. Politically, it has formed part of the Australian state of Tasmania since 1900 and became a Tasmanian State Reserve in 1978. In 1997 it became a world heritage site. It was a part of Esperance Municipality until 1993, when the municipality was merged with other municipalities to Huon Valley. Ecologically, it is part of the Antipodes Subantarctic Islands tundra ecoregion.

Since 1948 the Australian Antarctic Division (AAD) has maintained a permanent base, the Macquarie Island Station, on the isthmus at the northern end of the island at the foot of Wireless Hill. The population of the base, the island's only human inhabitants, usually varies from 20 to 40 people over the year.

Macquarie Island Video

Bodyboarding movie 'Drenched in TwoTripleFour' to be released in december 06: includes footage of Port Macquarie breaks: LHB, B-Walls, Backwash, Wedge, Middles plus other National footage including, Shark Island, Shark Island 06 comp, Sishimies, Jarks, Box Beach, Mads, Suck Rock, voodoo, 06 human cronulla tow sessions, plus more! riders include: kingy, robby gray, scarlett, brae pettiford, winchester, jeff and dave hubb, mason rose, ben player, ryand hardy, mike stewart, andrew lester, michael novy, john showell, adam luehman plus heaps more. If you know me and i know you, you can pick up a copy off me for only $20 late December, or you could wait and pick up a copy in early january in bboarding shops for $30. View the teaser!!
3.73 min. | 4.65 user rating		 Trip North from Pulbah Island to Fishing Point. Coal Point directly ahead. 20-28 knot NE wind. Sail furled to about 1/2 area. No daggerboard. Drive still in.
1.92 min. | 4.5 user rating		 Like stepping into Jurassic Park, see and hear the big creatures in their big landscape.
5.42 min. | 5.0 user rating		 This footage was shot around Macquarie Island (Garden Cove, Hurd Pt & Gadget's Gully) on Hi8 by Rick Besso. The Royal Penguins look a bit worse for wear because they are moulting. Edited and uploaded by Hullwarren.
4.00 min. | 5.0 user rating		 Sunday night trailer featuring Macquarie Island
0.68 min. | 5.0 user rating
Here's another one for the "Oops!" file. Macquarie Island was discovered by humans early in the 19th century, and was soon seeing a brisk traffic in sealers who brought more than just hunting supplies to the small island southeast of Australia. The introduction of rats and mice (inadvertently brought to the island on sealers' ships), cats (meant to control the population of rats and mice, of course), and rabbits (tasty victuals for the intrepid sealers) has virtually destroyed the island's ecosystem and caused the population of native seabirds to dwindle. A study conducted by scientists from the Australian Antarctic Division and released earlier this month confirms that the most recent attempts to protect what is left of the natural flora and fauna have actually succeeded in creating conditions under which seabirds continue to die. Arko Lucieer, geologist at the University of Tasmania and co-author of the study, explains the situation to GOOD News.
2.02 min. | 5.0 user rating		 sailing in the southern ocean on R/V Tiama to Macquarie island
2.97 min. | 0 user rating		 This video was shot on Hi8 at the Lusitania Bay king penguin rookery on Macquarie Island by Rick Besso (he is narrating it in the background). This is one of the largest penguin rookeries in the world. The only thing this footage doesn't convey is the smell - you can often smell the place before you actually hear it. Edited and uploaded by Hullwarren
8.20 min. | 5.0 user rating		 Macquarie Harbour, western Tasmania, is the location for the penal settlement of Sarah Island where they were premier ship builders. Take a Gordon River cruise and see for yourself!
4.43 min. | 0 user rating		 This video was shot around Macquarie Island on Hi8 by Rick Besso (he has narrated parts of it). At the start is the first pup born on the Isthmus in the 96/97 season. The big ones with the nose are the boys and the small ones are the girls - you can see a girl getting the friendly flipper (she doesn't get to have a headache either!). There is a good shot of an ele seal snoozing after a close encounter with a great white shark near the end too. Edited and uploaded by Hullwarren.
3.65 min. | 5.0 user rating

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Fighting nature with nature -- when animal control backfires spectacularly - Asylum.co.uk Tweet this news
Asylum.co.uk--In the early 19th century, the seals and penguins of -Macquarie Island- attracted many hunters -- and with the ships that brought the hunters came rats and ... - Date : Fri, 24 Sep 2010 15:07:00 GMT+00:00
Six points of separation at the end - The Daily Post Tweet this news
The Daily Post---...- in the central North -Island-, had to settle for runner-up honours at this year's Australian Junior Motocross Championships at Lake -Macquarie-. ... - Date : Fri, 15 Oct 2010 19:14:35 GMT+00:00

World Heritage Sites in Australia

New South Wales|New South Wales |
Northern TerritoryKakadu National Park * Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park
QueenslandAustralian fossil mammal sites:up|1 Riversleigh * Fraser Island * Gondwana Rainforests of Australiaup|1 * Great Barrier Reef * Wet Tropics of Queensland
South AustraliaAustralian fossil mammal sites:up|1 Naracoorte
TasmaniaMacquarie Island * Tasmanian Wilderness
VictoriaRoyal Exhibition Building and Carlton Gardens
Western AustraliaPurnululu National Park * Shark Bay
External TerritoriesHeard Island and McDonald Islands

Peri-Antarctic countries and overseas territories

Argentina * Australia (Heard Island and McDonald Islands * Macquarie Island) * Chile * Falkland Islands * French Southern and Antarctic Lands (Kerguelen Islands) * New Zealand (New Zealand Sub-Antarctic Islands) * Norway (Bouvet Island) * South Africa (Prince Edward Islands) * South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands |



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