New Zealand Sub-Antarctic Islands World Heritage Site

Official name

New Zealand Sub-Antarctic Islands | UNESCO

Country

New Zealand | Map

Continent

Australia

Location

New Zealand Subantartic zone
-50.7500° Lat, 166.1044° Lon | Map

Code

877

Time Zone

Pacific/Auckland (NZDT, +1300)

Current Time

Category

Natural

Description

Inscribed 1998. The New Zealand Sub-Antarctic Islands consist of five island groups (the Snares, Bounty Islands, Antipodes Islands, Auckland Islands and Campbell Island) in the Southern Ocean south-east of New Zealand. The islands, lying between the Antarctic and Subtropical Convergences and the seas, have a high level of productivity, biodiversity, wildlife population densities and endemism among birds, plants and invertebrates. They are particularly notable for the large number and diversity of pelagic seabirds and penguins that nest there. There are 126 bird species in total, including 40 seabirds of which eight breed nowhere else in the world.