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The Auckland Islands – as with all of New Zealand's subantarctic islands – is a National Nature Reserve, afforded the highest possible level of protection under New Zealand law. In addition, a marine reserve encompasses all of the Auckland Islands territorial sea and internal waterways.
The Mediterranean Sea, between Africa and Europe The Atlantic Ocean around the plate boundaries (text is in Finnish). The African and European mainlands are non-contiguous, and the delineation between these continents is thus merely a question of which islands are to be associated with which continent.
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Map of Auckland Island. The island has a land area of about 442.5 km 2 (170.9 sq mi), [1] and is 42 kilometres (26 mi) long. It was formed 25 to 10 million years ago from a huge volcanic pile which formed two domes – one centred around Carnley Harbour in the south and another (the Ross Dome) around Disappointment Island to the west.
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An annotated relief map New Zealand is located in the South Pacific Ocean at 41°S 174°E / 41°S 174°E / -41; 174 , near the centre of the water hemisphere It is a long and narrow country, extending 1,600 kilometres (990 mi) along its north-north-east axis with a maximum width of 400 kilometres (250 mi). [ 5 ]
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Map of the Auckland Islands, showing Adams Island to the south of the main island. The southern end of Auckland Island broadens to a width of 26 km (16 mi) where a narrow channel, known as Carnley Harbour or the Adams Straits, separates it from the roughly triangular Adams Island (area approximately 100 km 2 or 39 sq mi), which is even more mountainous, reaching a height of 705 m (2,313 ft) at ...