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Auckland
Islands
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Auckland Islands: 50° 48' to
50° 93'S, 165° 87' to 166° 33'E
- One main island with several smaller
ones and offliers of ancient volcanic origin in the Pacific Ocean.
- Area: 626 kmē.
- Highest elevation: 705m (Mount Dick, Adams Island).
- No glaciers
- Sighted 1806, first landing 1807 (by sealers).
- Uninhabited (sealers, colonial settlers,
pastoralists, and scientific personnel have wintered).
- New Zealand territory, part of the Province of Southland.
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