Snares Islands

Snares Islands

▪ islands, New Zealand
      outlying island group of New Zealand in the South Pacific Ocean, 65 mi (105 km) southwest of Stewart Island. Comprising one larger island and several rocky islets, the group is volcanic in origin and has a total land area of 0.8 sq mi (2 sq km). The larger island is bounded by coastal cliffs and rises to 620 ft (189 m). There is one good anchorage to the northeast. The climate is cool, windy, and wet; the vegetation is low forest and peat cover.

      Discovered independently in 1791 (on the same day) by the British navigators George Vancouver and William Broughton, the group is without human habitation. Coastal fur seal herds that were decimated by hunters early in the 19th century are now breeding anew. The islands are important bird rookeries.

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