Rose Island is an uninhabited island and, with an area of 121
hectare
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s, the fifth largest of the
Auckland Islands
The Auckland Islands ( Māori: ''Motu Maha'' "Many islands" or ''Maungahuka'' "Snowy mountains") are an archipelago of New Zealand, lying south of the South Island. The main Auckland Island, occupying , is surrounded by smaller Adams Island ...
group, a subantarctic chain that forms part of the
New Zealand Outlying Islands.
It is located in the northeast of the group, in the mouth of
Port Ross
Port Ross is a natural harbour on Auckland Island in the Auckland Islands Group, a subantarctic chain that forms part of the New Zealand Outlying Islands.
Guarding the mouth of Port Ross are Rose Island, Enderby Island, Ewing Island, and ...
,
Auckland Island
Auckland Island () is the main island of the eponymous uninhabited archipelago in the Pacific Ocean. It is part of the New Zealand subantarctic area. It is inscribed in the UNESCO World Heritage list together with the other New Zealand Subant ...
and south west of the larger
Enderby Island
Enderby Island is part of New Zealand's uninhabited Auckland Islands archipelago, south of mainland New Zealand. It is situated just off the northern tip of Auckland Island, the largest island in the archipelago.
Geography and geology
Enderby ...
. It was stocked with rabbits and provided with a
boatshed
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for the relief of castaways during the nineteenth century. The rabbits have since been eradicated by the
Department of Conservation
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Government and military
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, and provides a secure home for a population of
Auckland Islands teal
The Auckland teal (''Anas aucklandica'') (), also known as Auckland Islands teal, is a species of dabbling duck of the genus ''Anas'' that is endemic to Auckland Islands south of New Zealand. The species was once found throughout the Auckland Is ...
.
Birdlife International
/ref> The vegetation on Rose contains rata, and while much original vegetation has been destroyed, it is less modified than much of the Auckland Islands.
See also
* Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
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* SCAR
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* Territorial claims in Antarctica
Seven sovereign states – Argentina, Australia, Chile, France, New Zealand, Norway, and the United Kingdom – have made eight land claim, territorial claims in Antarctica. These countries have tended to place their Antarctic scientific observat ...
* 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 large ...
* List of Antarctic and subantarctic islands#List of subantarctic islands
* List of islands of New Zealand
New Zealand consists of more than six hundred islands, mainly remnants of Zealandia, a larger land mass now beneath the sea. New Zealand is the List of island countries#UN member states and states with limited recognition, sixth-largest island ...
* List of islands
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* Desert island
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References
Islands of the Auckland Islands
Uninhabited islands of New Zealand
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