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Breaksea Island Fiordland New Zealand Aotearoa
Breaksea may refer to: Places In Australia * Breaksea Island (Western Australia), off the southwestern coast of the mainland * Breaksea Islands (Tasmania), off the southwestern coast of Tasmania, Australia In New Zealand * Breaksea Island (Fiordland), in Fiordland National Park * Breaksea Islands (Stewart Island), New Zealand, one of the Tītī / Muttonbird Islands chains * Breaksea Islands (Foveaux Strait), New Zealand * Breaksea Sound, Fiordland In the United Kingdom * Breaksea Point Breaksea Point is a promontory at the eastern edge of Gileston's Limpert Bay in the Vale of Glamorgan on the south coast of Wales. Breaksea Point is claimed as the southernmost point of mainland Wales, although that is also claimed of nearby Rh ..., the southernmost point of mainland Wales, UK Other uses * Breaksea cod, a species of fish endemic to Australia See also * {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Breaksea Sound
Te Puaitaha / Breaksea Sound is a small fiord on the southwestern coast of South Island, New Zealand in the Tasman Sea. Breaksea Island (New Zealand), Breaksea Island in Fiordland National Park lies at its entrance. In the 1850s, early settlers Henry Hirst and John Watts-Russell explored the area for flat land suitable for sheep farming, but they were unsuccessful. In October 2019, the name of the fiord was officially altered to Te Puaitaha / Breaksea Sound. References Fiords of New Zealand Sounds of Fiordland {{Fiordland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Breaksea Island (Western Australia)
Breaksea Island in King George Sound in the Great Southern (Western Australia), Great Southern region of Western Australia is south-east of Albany, Western Australia, Albany. Description The island was declared a nature reserve in 1969) managed by the Department of Environment and Conservation (Western Australia), Department of Environment and Conservation; its reserve number is 27614. The island is also registered as a national estate. The island is in area, in length, and at its widest part. The closest island is Michaelmas Island, located north of Breaksea Island. History The island was named by George Vancouver during his Vancouver Expedition, expedition in 1791. While in the area he also took possession of the lands for England. He named the island after its beaten appearance and the protection it offered to the landward side from the south-westerly winds. In early April 1827, the island was visited by Major Edmund Lockyer, who found that the island, which had been ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Breaksea Islands (Tasmania)
The Breaksea Islands Group is a group of six islands, in the Southern Ocean, off the southwestern coast of Tasmania, Australia. Located near the mouth of Port Davey, the group comprise the North Breaksea and Main Breaksea Islands, the Fitzroy, Kathleen, and Munday islands, and the Mavourneen Rocks. The group have a total area of approximately and are contained within the Southwest National Park, part of the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Site and the Port Davey/Bathurst Harbour Marine Nature Reserve. Fauna The islands are noted as a breeding site for many seabird species, including little penguin (400 pairs), short-tailed shearwater (3000-5000 pairs), fairy prion (20 pairs) and silver gull. The Tasmanian tree skink is present. Rabbits were introduced in the 19th century by whalers. and have caused some damage to vegetation and soil. The islands are part of the Port Davey Islands Important Bird Area, so identified by BirdLife International BirdLife Internati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Breaksea Island (Fiordland)
Breaksea Island is a rugged island in the southwest of New Zealand, and is part of Fiordland National Park. Its highest point is asl and it lies about from the mainland in the entrance to Te Puaitaha / Breaksea Sound, north of the much larger Resolution Island. It is covered in temperate rainforest and was the site of one of the first successful campaigns to eradicate rats from a sizeable island. Rat eradication The pioneering eradication of brown rats, using brodifacoum in poison baits, was carried out by the New Zealand Department of Conservation (DOC) in May and June 1988 following the success of a pilot campaign on the adjacent, and much smaller (), Hāwea Island in 1986. At the time, Breaksea was six times the size of the previous largest island on which rat eradication had been successful. Since then, DOC has overseen the eradication of a suite of introduced animals from several other islands, the largest being Campbell Island / Motu Ihupuku at .Wilson (2004), pp.282 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Breaksea Islands (Stewart Island)
The Breaksea Islands are a group of islands off the east coast of Stewart Island Stewart Island ( mi, Rakiura, ' glowing skies', officially Stewart Island / Rakiura) is New Zealand's third-largest island, located south of the South Island, across the Foveaux Strait. It is a roughly triangular island with a total land ar ..., New Zealand. They are to the south of the Tītī / Muttonbird Islands. The islands include Pomatakiarehua, Kiahuka, and Wharepuaitaha island. The largest island in the group is Joss Island. See also * List of islands of New Zealand References Uninhabited islands of New Zealand Islands of the Southland Region Stewart Island {{Southland-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Breaksea Islands (Foveaux Strait)
The Breaksea Islands are a group of small islands in off the east coast of Ruapuke Island in the Foveaux Strait, New Zealand. See also *List of islands of New Zealand New Zealand consists of more than six hundred islands, mainly remnants of a larger land mass now beneath the sea. New Zealand is the seventh-largest island nation on earth, and the third-largest located entirely in the Southern Hemisphere. T ... References Uninhabited islands of New Zealand Islands of the Southland Region Foveaux Strait {{Southland-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Breaksea Point
Breaksea Point is a promontory at the eastern edge of Gileston's Limpert Bay in the Vale of Glamorgan on the south coast of Wales. Breaksea Point is claimed as the southernmost point of mainland Wales, although that is also claimed of nearby Rhoose Point and the Vale of Glamorgan Council have placed a fixed notice to that effect. Almost 20 km to the east, the Welsh island of Flat Holm Flat Holm ( cy, Ynys Echni) is a Welsh island lying in the Bristol Channel approximately from Lavernock Point in the Vale of Glamorgan. It includes the most southerly point of Wales. The island has a long history of occupation, dating at lea ... is slightly further south in latitude. Notes External links www.geograph.co.uk : photos of Breaksea Point and surrounding area* St Athan Headlands of the Vale of Glamorgan {{ValeofGlamorgan-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
