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The magenta petrel (Pterodroma magentae), or Chatham Island tāiko, is a small seabird in the gadfly petrel genus, Pterodroma. Found exclusively on Chatham Island , New Zealand , it is one of the rarest birds in the world, believed to be extinct for over 100 years before its rediscovery in the 1970s.
Chatham Island is located in the South Ward (Walpole) of Manjimup Shire in the Great Southern region of Western Australia. It is approximately 1.1 km (0.68 mi) offshore from D'Entrecasteaux National Park and 3 km (1.9 mi) offshore from Mandalay Beach. [ 1 ]
The Chatham Islands (/ ˈ tʃ æ t ə m / CHAT-əm; Moriori: Rēkohu, lit. 'Misty Sun'; Māori: Wharekauri) are an archipelago in the Pacific Ocean about 800 km (430 nmi) east of New Zealand's South Island, administered as part of New Zealand, [4] and consisting of about 10 islands within an approximate 60 km (30 nmi) radius, the largest of which are Chatham Island and Pitt Island ().
The island was named after the survey ship HMS Chatham which was the first European ship to locate the island in 1791. [2] It covers an area of 920 km 2 (355 sq mi). [ 3 ] Chatham Island lies 650 km (404 mi) south-east of Cape Turnagain , the nearest point of mainland New Zealand to the island.
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ZIP code: 98036. Area code: 425: FIPS code: 53-07940: GNIS feature ID: 1512029 [4] Website: ... which operates public libraries in Island and Snohomish counties.
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The Tuku Nature Reserve is a nature reserve on Chatham Island, New Zealand, in the Tuku-a-tamatea (Tuku) River Valley in the south-west of the island.The 1238 hectares of land, largely covered with dense native forest, are owned by the New Zealand government and is managed by its Department of Conservation.