geo.wikisort.org - IslandBreaksea Island is a rugged 1.6 km2 (1 sq mi) island in the southwest of New Zealand, and is part of Fiordland National Park. Its highest point is 350 m (1,148 ft) asl and it lies about 2 km (1.2 mi) from the mainland in the entrance to Te Puaitaha / Breaksea Sound, north of the much larger Resolution Island. It is covered in temperate rainforest and was the site of one of the first successful campaigns to eradicate rats from a sizeable island.
Breaksea IslandKā Huruhuru-o-koekoeā |
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Breaksea Island (center) - from the South-West. |
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Location | Fiordland National Park |
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Coordinates | 45°34′45″S 166°38′14″E |
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Area | 1.56 km2 (0.60 sq mi)[1] |
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Highest elevation | 350 m (1150 ft) |
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New Zealand |
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Population | 0 |
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Rat eradication
The pioneering eradication of brown rats, using brodifacoum in poison baits, was carried out by the New Zealand Department of Conservation (DOC) in May and June 1988 following the success of a pilot campaign on the adjacent, and much smaller (9 ha or 22 acres), Hāwea Island in 1986. At the time, Breaksea was six times the size of the previous largest island on which rat eradication had been successful. Since then, DOC has overseen the eradication of a suite of introduced animals from several other islands, the largest being Campbell Island / Motu Ihupuku at 113 km2 (44 sq mi).[2][3]
Fauna
Fiordland crested penguins breed on Breaksea. Since rat eradication various threatened species of New Zealand's native fauna have been introduced, or reintroduced, there. These include the tieke (saddleback), mōhua (yellowhead), Fiordland skink and knobbled weevils.
Fauna of Fiordland Island
Fiordland Penguin (Eudyptes pachyrhynchus)
Yellowhead (Mohoua ochrocephala)
New Zealand South Island Robin (Petroica australis australis)
See also
- Islands portal
References
Notes
External links
Fiordland, New Zealand |
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Fiords |
- Doubtful Sound / Patea
- Hāwea / Bligh Sound
- Hinenui / Nancy Sound
- Bradshaw Sound
- Milford Sound
- Taiari / Chalky Inlet
- Charles Sound
- Caswell Sound
- Thompson Sound
- Sutherland Sound
- George Sound
- Breaksea Sound
- Dagg Sound
- Rakituma / Preservation Inlet
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Bays | |
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Islands | |
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Lakes | |
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Marine reserves |
- Hawea (Clio Rocks)
- Kahukura (Gold Arm)
- Kutu Parera (Gaer Arm)
- Moana Uta (Wet Jacket Arm)
- Piopiotahi (Milford Sound)
- Taipari Roa (Elizabeth Island)
- Taumoana (Five Finger Peninsula)
- Te Awaatu Channel (The Gut)
- Te Hapua (Sutherland Sound)
- Te Tapuwae o Hua (Long Sound)
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Mountain ranges | |
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Settlements |
- Manapouri
- Milford Sound
- Te Anau
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Walking tracks |
- Dusky Track
- George Sound Route
- Greenstone Track
- Hollyford Track
- Hump Ridge Track
- Kepler Track
- Milford Track
- Routeburn Track
- South Coast Track
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Other features |
- Fiordland National Park
- Hollyford River
- Homer Tunnel
- Manapouri Power Station
- Milford Road
- Puysegur Point
- Sutherland Falls
- Te Ana-au Caves
- Te Wahipounamu World Heritage Site
- West Cape
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На других языках
[de] Breaksea Island (Neuseeland)
Breaksea Island ist eine Insel an der Südwestküste der Südinsel von Neuseeland.[1]
- [en] Breaksea Island (New Zealand)
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