Macquarie Island
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© NASA Earth Observatory image by Wanmei Liang, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological SurveyPublic Domain
Area
128 km²
Coordinates
-54.5000, 158.9500
Category
islands
Overview
A subantarctic island halfway to Antarctica, crowded with penguins and seals.
About
Macquarie Island is a subantarctic island in the south-western Pacific Ocean, about halfway between Tasmania and Antarctica. It has been governed as a part of Tasmania, Australia, since 1880. It became a Tasmanian State Reserve in 1978 and was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997.
More about Macquarie Island
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