Stephens Island

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island

Stephens Island is a small, remote island in New Zealand’s Cook Strait, historically notable for its unique wildlife and the infamous extinction of the Stephens Island wren.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Saint Stephen Island 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf island ⓘ
access restricted ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Takapourewa NERFINISHED ⓘ
area approximately 1.5 square kilometres ⓘ
associatedWithSpecies Cook Strait giant weta NERFINISHED ⓘ
Stephens Island wren NERFINISHED ⓘ
diverse seabird colonies ⓘ
fairy prion ⓘ
fluttering shearwater NERFINISHED ⓘ
little penguin ⓘ
sooty shearwater NERFINISHED ⓘ
tuatara ⓘ
characteristic remote ⓘ
small ⓘ
conservationAction eradication of introduced mammals ⓘ
habitat restoration ⓘ
strict access control ⓘ
country New Zealand ⓘ
hasConservationStatus important breeding site for seabirds ⓘ
important stronghold for tuatara ⓘ
hasFeature exposed terrain ⓘ
grassy slopes ⓘ
scrub vegetation ⓘ
steep cliffs ⓘ
hasStructure Stephens Island Lighthouse NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasUse lighthouse station ⓘ
historicalEvent extinction of Stephens Island wren in late 19th century ⓘ
introducedSpecies domestic cats (historically) ⓘ
other mammalian predators (historically) ⓘ
introducedSpeciesImpact cats contributed to extinction of Stephens Island wren ⓘ
lighthouseFirstLit 1894 ⓘ
locatedIn Cook Strait NERFINISHED ⓘ
Marlborough Region NERFINISHED ⓘ
South Island vicinity ⓘ
locatedInBodyOfWater Tasman Sea–Pacific Ocean boundary NERFINISHED ⓘ
managedBy Department of Conservation (New Zealand) NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter Philip Stephens NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor extinction of the Stephens Island wren ⓘ
high seabird diversity ⓘ
large tuatara population ⓘ
unique wildlife ⓘ
partOf New Zealand outlying islands NERFINISHED ⓘ
population no permanent civilian population ⓘ
separates North Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
South Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
status nature reserve ⓘ
wildlife sanctuary ⓘ
usedFor conservation management ⓘ
scientific research ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Traversia lyalli → endemicTo → Stephens Island ⓘ
Isla San Esteban → nameMeaning → Stephens Island ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saint Stephen Island