Broughton Island is the second largest island of
The Snares
The Snares Islands / Tini Heke, known colloquially as The Snares, is a group of uninhabited islands lying about 200 km south of New Zealand's South Island and to the south-southwest of Stewart Island / Rakiura. The Snares consist of the ma ...
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at . It sits just off the South Promontory of the main island
North East Island, which itself lies approximately south of
New Zealand
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South Island
The South Island, also officially named , is the larger of the two major islands of New Zealand in surface area, the other being the smaller but more populous North Island. It is bordered to the north by Cook Strait, to the west by the Tasman ...
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The island is some in size, with the main axis running northeast to southwest, and the highest elevation is . The island is named after
William Robert Broughton
William Robert Broughton (22 March 176214 March 1821) was a British naval officer in the late 18th century. As a lieutenant in the Royal Navy, he commanded HMS ''Chatham'' as part of the Vancouver Expedition, a voyage of exploration through th ...
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New Zealand Subantarctic Islands
The New Zealand Subantarctic Islands comprise the five southernmost groups of the New Zealand outlying islands. They are collectively designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Most of the islands lie near the southeast edge of the largel ...
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List of Antarctic and subantarctic islands#List of subantarctic islands
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List of islands of New Zealand
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List of islands
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Desert island
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References
Islands of the Snares Islands / Tini Heke
Important Bird Areas of the Snares Islands
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