Ewing Island (New Zealand)

Ewing Island
Ewing Island – on the LHS
Map
Geography
Coordinates50°31′43″S 166°18′14″E / 50.528557°S 166.303812°E / -50.528557; 166.303812
ArchipelagoAuckland Islands
Area0.6 km2 (0.23 sq mi)
Length1.42 km (0.882 mi)
Width1.10 km (0.684 mi)
Administration
New Zealand
Demographics
Population0

Ewing Island is an uninhabited island, part of the Auckland Islands group, a subantarctic chain that forms part of the New Zealand outlying islands. It lies in the north-east of the group, close to the mouth of Port Ross, immediately to the south of the larger Enderby Island and off the north-eastern tip of the main Auckland Island.

Important Bird Area

The island is part of the Auckland Island group Important Bird Area (IBA), identified as such by BirdLife International because of the significance of the group as a breeding site for several species of seabirds, as well as the endemic Auckland shag, Auckland teal, Auckland rail and Auckland snipe.[1] Both red-crowned parakeets and yellow-crowned parakeets live on Ewing Island, making this the second southernmost location of living parrots.

See also

References

  1. ^ BirdLife International. (2012). Important Bird Areas factsheet: Auckland Islands. Downloaded from "BirdLife International – conserving the world's birds". Archived from the original on 10 July 2007. Retrieved 29 March 2014. on 23 January 2012.


50°31′43″S 166°18′14″E / 50.528557°S 166.303812°E / -50.528557; 166.303812


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