Kermadec Islands

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island group volcanic island arc

The Kermadec Islands are a remote volcanic island arc in the South Pacific Ocean, belonging to New Zealand and noted for their active undersea geology and rich marine biodiversity.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Kermadec Islands region 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf island group ⓘ
volcanic island arc ⓘ
administeredBy Department of Conservation (New Zealand) ⓘ
surface form: New Zealand Department of Conservation
climate subtropical oceanic climate ⓘ
country New Zealand ⓘ
discoveredBy Jean-Michel Huon de Kermadec ⓘ
discoveryYear 1793 ⓘ
distanceFromNewZealandMainlandKilometres about 1000 ⓘ
distanceFromTongaKilometres about 900 ⓘ
faunaCharacteristic coral and deep-sea communities ⓘ
large seabird populations ⓘ
marine mammals ⓘ
feature Kermadec Trench ⓘ
floraCharacteristic subtropical forest ⓘ
geologicalFeature back-arc basin ⓘ
hasFacility Raoul Island ⓘ
surface form: Raoul Island conservation station

Raoul Island ⓘ
surface form: Raoul Island meteorological station
highestElevationMetres 516 ⓘ
highestPoint Mount Moumoukai ⓘ
humanPopulation no permanent civilian population ⓘ
knownFor active undersea geology ⓘ
endemic species ⓘ
frequent earthquakes ⓘ
rich marine biodiversity ⓘ
seabird colonies ⓘ
submarine volcanoes ⓘ
largestIsland Raoul Island ⓘ
legalStatus nature reserve ⓘ
locatedIn South Pacific Ocean ⓘ
southwest Pacific Ocean ⓘ
surface form: Southwest Pacific Ocean
marineReserveAreaSquareKilometres 748000 ⓘ
namedAfter Jean-Michel Huon de Kermadec ⓘ
observesDaylightSavingTime UTC+13 ⓘ
onTectonicPlateBoundary Indo-Australian Plate ⓘ
Pacific Plate ⓘ
otherIsland Curtis Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
Herald Islets ⓘ
L’Esperance Rock ⓘ
Macauley Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf New Zealand offshore islands ⓘ
surface form: New Zealand outlying islands
protectedArea Kermadec Islands Marine Reserve ⓘ
region Oceania ⓘ
restrictedAccess true ⓘ
sovereignState New Zealand ⓘ
timezone UTC+12 ⓘ
trenchMaximumDepthMetres 10000 ⓘ
volcanicArc Tonga–Kermadec Arc ⓘ
surface form: Kermadec-Tonga volcanic arc
volcanicOrigin subduction-related volcanism ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

southwest Pacific Ocean → adjacentTo → Kermadec Islands ⓘ
Kermadec Trench → associatedWith → Kermadec Islands ⓘ
South Pacific → contains → Kermadec Islands ⓘ
Polynesia → hasPart → Kermadec Islands ⓘ
Tonga–Kermadec Arc → hasPart → Kermadec Islands ⓘ
Kermadec Trench → namedAfter → Kermadec Islands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kermadec Islands region
Tonga-Kermadec subduction system → near → Kermadec Islands ⓘ
Tonga Trench → nearbyIslandArc → Kermadec Islands ⓘ
Horizon Deep → nearestLandmass → Kermadec Islands ⓘ