North East Island is the main island of the
Snares Island group, located at approximately south of
New Zealand's South Island
The South Island ( , 'the waters of Pounamu, Greenstone') is the largest of the three major islands of New Zealand by surface area, the others being the smaller but more populous North Island and Stewart Island. It is bordered to the north by ...
. The island forms a central triangle with peninsulas to the north, south and west and is some long by wide. Off the South Promontory lies
Broughton Island, the second largest island in the group. Just off the southern coast of the western peninsula lies the islet Alert Stack, while off the North Promontory are the North and South Daption Rocks.
See also
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New Zealand Subantarctic Islands
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Most of the islands lie near the southeast edge of the large ...
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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
Important Bird Areas of the Snares Islands
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