Fun facts about Lord Howe Island
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Lord Howe Island is part of the IBRA region Pacific Subtropical Islands and has an area of 1,909 ha (4,720 acres).
Lord Howe Island
Australia
Lord Howe Island is an irregularly crescent-shaped volcanic remnant in the Tasman Sea between Australia and New Zealand, part of the Australian state of New South Wales. It lies 600 km directly east of mainland Port Macquarie, 780 km northeast of Sydney, and about 900 km southwest of Norfolk Island.
From the “Bioregion” section
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The first reported sighting of Lord Howe Island was on 17 February 1788 by Lieutenant Henry Lidgbird Ball.
Lord Howe Island
Australia
Lord Howe Island is an irregularly crescent-shaped volcanic remnant in the Tasman Sea between Australia and New Zealand, part of the Australian state of New South Wales. It lies 600 km directly east of mainland Port Macquarie, 780 km northeast of Sydney, and about 900 km southwest of Norfolk Island.
From the “History” section
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In 1848, one family cultivated the 'Lord Howe red onion', which was popular in the Southern Hemisphere for about 30 years.
Lord Howe Island
Australia
Lord Howe Island is an irregularly crescent-shaped volcanic remnant in the Tasman Sea between Australia and New Zealand, part of the Australian state of New South Wales. It lies 600 km directly east of mainland Port Macquarie, 780 km northeast of Sydney, and about 900 km southwest of Norfolk Island.
From the “History” section
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Photo: Image courtesy of the Image Science & Analysis Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center. · Public Domain
The first plane to appear on the island was in 1931, when Francis Chichester landed a floatplane on the lagoon.
Lord Howe Island
Australia
Lord Howe Island is an irregularly crescent-shaped volcanic remnant in the Tasman Sea between Australia and New Zealand, part of the Australian state of New South Wales. It lies 600 km directly east of mainland Port Macquarie, 780 km northeast of Sydney, and about 900 km southwest of Norfolk Island.
From the “History” section
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Photo: Image courtesy of the Image Science & Analysis Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center. · Public Domain
Lord Howe Island is home to the only known wild population of the Lord Howe Island stick insect, formerly thought to be extinct.
Lord Howe Island
Australia
Lord Howe Island is an irregularly crescent-shaped volcanic remnant in the Tasman Sea between Australia and New Zealand, part of the Australian state of New South Wales. It lies 600 km directly east of mainland Port Macquarie, 780 km northeast of Sydney, and about 900 km southwest of Norfolk Island.
From the “Geography” section
Text from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Image courtesy of the Image Science & Analysis Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center. · Public Domain