New Zealand Sub-Antarctic Islands

New Zealand Sub-Antarctic Islands skrevs in på UNESCO:s världsarvslista 1998 som naturarv i New Zealand. Platsen hör till regionen Asia and the Pacific.

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UNESCOThe 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.