The Chetwode Islands are a group of islands near the
Marlborough Sounds
The Marlborough Sounds are an extensive network of sea-drowned valleys at the northern end of the South Island of New Zealand. The Marlborough Sounds were created by a combination of land subsidence and rising sea levels. According to Māori m ...
along the northern coast of the
South Island
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of
New Zealand
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The group consists of Nukuwaiata Island (to the southwest), rising to , and Te Kakaho Island (highest elevation ) to the northeast. The remaining islets are tiny in comparison. All of the Chetwode Islands are a nature reserve.
The islands are named after Lieutenant Chetwode, acting commander of the , in 1838.
See also
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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. Th ...
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List of islands
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Desert island
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References
External links
Nukuwaiata / Inner Chetwode Island – 1936 and 2011 – In the footsteps of Edgar SteadNukuwaiata (Inner Chetwode Island) birds and lizards
Uninhabited islands of New Zealand
Islands of the Marlborough Sounds
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