New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island coun ...

consists of more than six hundred islands, mainly remnants of a larger land mass now beneath the sea. New Zealand is the seventh-largest

island nation An island country, island state or an island nation is a country whose primary territory consists of one or more islands or parts of islands. Approximately 25% of all independent countries are island countries. Island countries are historical ...

on earth, and the third-largest located entirely in the Southern Hemisphere. The following is a list of islands of New Zealand. The two largest islands – where most of the human population lives – have names in both English and in the

Māori language Māori (), or ('the Māori language'), also known as ('the language'), is an Eastern Polynesian language spoken by the Māori people, the indigenous population of mainland New Zealand. Closely related to Cook Islands Māori, Tuamotuan, and ...

. They are the

North Island The North Island, also officially named Te Ika-a-Māui, is one of the two main islands of New Zealand, separated from the larger but much less populous South Island by the Cook Strait. The island's area is , making it the world's 14th-larges ...

or ''Te Ika-a-Māui'' and the

South Island The South Island, also officially named , is the larger of the two major islands of New Zealand in surface area, the other being the smaller but more populous North Island. It is bordered to the north by Cook Strait, to the west by the Tasman ...

or ''Te Waipounamu''. Various Māori iwi sometimes use other names, with some preferring to call the South Island ''Te Waka o Aoraki''. The two islands are separated by Cook Strait. In general practice, the term ''mainland'' refers to the North Island and South Island. However, the South Island alone is sometimes called "the mainland" – especially by its residents, as a nickname – because it is the larger of the two main islands. To the south of the South Island, Stewart Island / Rakiura is the largest of the smaller islands, and Waiheke Island in the urban

Auckland Region Auckland () is one of the sixteen regions of New Zealand, which takes its name from the eponymous urban area. The region encompasses the Auckland Metropolitan Area, smaller towns, rural areas, and the islands of the Hauraki Gulf. Containin ...

has the largest population of the smaller islands.

Listed by size

The following table lists the largest islands of New Zealand by area. River delta islands such as

Rakaia Island Rakaia is a town seated close to the southern banks of the Rakaia River on the Canterbury Plains in New Zealand's South Island, approximately 57 km south of Christchurch on State Highway 1 and the Main South Line. Immediately north of the ...

(), Fereday Island,

Rangitata Island Rangitata Island is a long lens-shaped island in the delta of the braided Rangitata River in Canterbury, New Zealand, approximately halfway between Timaru and Ashburton, New Zealand. The island is approximately long and about wide at its wides ...

, and

Inch Clutha Inch Clutha is a large, flat island sitting in the delta between the Matau (northern) and Koau (southern) branches of the Clutha River, downstream from the town of Balclutha in the South Island of New Zealand. Approximately long and wide, t ...

(approximately , , and respectively) are omitted, as are temporary islands in

braided river A braided river, or braided channel, consists of a network of river channels separated by small, often temporary, islands called braid bars or, in English usage, ''aits'' or ''eyots''. Braided streams tend to occur in rivers with high sediment ...

channels and tidal islands such as

Rabbit Island, Nelson Moturoa / Rabbit Island is a small island that lies across the southernmost part of Tasman Bay / Te Tai-o-Aorere, on the northern coast of New Zealand's South Island. The long narrow island runs east–west for , and covers . It lies opposit ...

(). The country's largest island within a lake,

Pomona Island Pomona Island is the largest island within Lake Manapouri, in Fiordland National Park, in New Zealand's South Island. With an area of , it is the largest island to be found within any New Zealand lake. The island is uninhabited, and lies close ...

, has an area of just .Pomona Island Charitable Trust
Department of Conservation. Retrieved 22 November 2010.

Listed by highest point

The following table lists the islands of New Zealand by their highest elevation. These islands are all in harbours or the open sea. The country's tallest island within a lake, Pomona Island, rises to above sea level, which is about above Lake Manapouri's normal lake level.

In harbours and the open sea

* Aiguilles Island * Aldermen Islands * Allports Island * Amerikiwhati Island * Anatakupu Island * Anchor Island * Anchorage Island * Aorangaia Island * Araara Island * Arakaninihi Island *

Arapaoa Island Arapaoa Island, formerly known as Arapawa Island, is an island located in the Marlborough Sounds, at the north east tip of the South Island of New Zealand. The island has a land area of . Queen Charlotte Sound / Tōtaranui defines its western sid ...

Aroha Island Aroha Island is a small island near Rangitane, which is about by road from Kerikeri in the Kerikeri Inlet, Bay of Islands, Northland, New Zealand. The island covers an area of 12 ha. It is owned and managed by the Queen Elizabeth II National ...

* Aua / King Billy Island * Awarua Rock * Bauza Island * Bells Island * Bench Island * Bests Island * Blumine Island / Ōruawairua * Breaksea Island * The Brothers * Browns Island (Motukorea) * Calliope Island, Whangarei Heads * Catherine Island, Charles Sound * Cavalli Islands * Chalky Island * Chetwode Islands * Coal Island *

Codfish Island / Whenua Hou Codfish Island / Whenua Hou is a small island () located to the west of Stewart Island in southern New Zealand. It reaches a height of close to the south coast. The island is home to Sirocco, an internationally famous kākāpō, a rare specie ...

Cooper Island Cooper Island is a small island, long, which lies at the north side of the entrance to Drygalski Fjord, off the southeast end of South Georgia. It was discovered by a British expedition under James Cook in 1775, and named for Lieutenant Robert ...

* Dog Island * Cuvier Island *

Dragon Island Dragon Island is a small privately owned island just outside Harataonga Bay, on the northeast coast of Great Barrier Island, located to the northeast of Auckland, in New Zealand. The island provides Harataonga Bay with shelter from easterly ...

* Eleanor Island, Charles Sound *

Elizabeth Island Elizabeth Island may refer to: * Elizabeth Island (Alaska) * Elizabeth Island, Bahamas * Elizabeth Island, Bermuda * Elizabeth Island (Georgian Bay) * Elizabeth Island, Michigan * Elizabeth Island, New Zealand * Elizabeth Island (Victoria) * ...

* Fanny Island, Charles Sound * Fisherman Island *

Forsyth Island The Forsyth Island, part of the Passage Group within the Furneaux Group, is a granite island, located in Bass Strait south of Cape Barren Island, in Tasmania, in south-eastern Australia. With the Passage and Gull islands, the Forsyth I ...

* Frenchman Island, Whangarei Heads * Goat Island / Rakiriri * Great Barrier Island/Aotea *

Great Island Great Island () is an island in Cork Harbour, at the mouth of the River Lee and close to the city of Cork, Ireland. The largest town on the island is Cobh (called Queenstown from 1849 to 1922). The island's economic and social history has histo ...

* Green Island (Okaihe) * Green Island * Guano Island, Whangarei Heads * Hen and Chicken Islands * High Island * Herald Island * Horomaka Island * Indian Island * Kaikōura Island * Kapiti Island *

Kārewa / Gannet Island Kārewa / Gannet Island () is a small island some offshore from Kawhia on the west coast of New Zealand's North Island. Description The island consists of the eroded remnant of a tuff ring, erupted about half a million years ago. It is consi ...

* Karewa Island * Kawau Island * Kopuahingahinga Island, Manukau Harbour *

Long Island, Marlborough Long Island is located in Queen Charlotte Sound, one of the Marlborough Sounds of New Zealand. James Cook recorded its original name as Hamote. The island is long and thin - just over in area with a length of (the long axis being aligned no ...

* Long Island (Southland) * Mahurangi Island (Goat Island) * Mākaro / Ward Island * Mana Island * Matakana Island * Matapara / Pickersgill Island * Matiu / Somes Island * Maud Island/Te Hoiere * Mauitaha Island, Whangarei Heads *

Mayor Island / Tūhua Mayor Island / Tūhua is a dormant shield volcano located off the Bay of Plenty coast of New Zealand's North Island. It lies north of Tauranga and covers . Geography The island is quite steep along its coast and rises to above sea level. A ...

Mercury Islands The Mercury Islands are a group of seven islands off the northeast coast of New Zealand's North Island. They are located off the coast of the Coromandel Peninsula, and northeast of the town of Whitianga. History The Ngāti Karaua (a hapu of ...

Mokohinau Islands The Mokohinau Islands (Pokohinau) are a small group of islands that lie off the northeast coast of New Zealand's North Island. The islands are 100 km (62 mi) northeast of Auckland, northwest of Great Barrier Island and approximately ...

Mokopuna Island Mokopuna (the 'grandchild') Island is a small island in Wellington Harbour, New Zealand. It is about on its long axis and about across. It lies immediately north of the much larger Matiu/Somes Island, from which it is separated by a channel ...

Mōtītī Island Mōtītī Island is an island in the Bay of Plenty, off the coast of New Zealand's North Island. It is north-east of Papamoa Beach on the mainland and north-east of Tauranga. There were 18 homes occupied by 27 people on the island in the ...

* Motuara Island *

Motuareronui / Adele Island Motuareronui / Adele Island is a small island off the coast of New Zealand. It is contained within Abel Tasman National Park. The navigator and botanist Dumont d'Urville Jules Sébastien César Dumont d'Urville (; 23 May 1790 – 8 May 1842 ...

Motuarohia Island Motuarohia Island (Roberton Island) is a small island in the Bay of Islands of New Zealand, located about northeast of Russell. The island stretches for east-west, with the south coast offering two bays backed by sandy beaches. The north co ...

Motueka Island (Pigeon Island) Motueka Island, also known by the name Pigeon Island, is an island off the coast of the Coromandel Peninsula in New Zealand. Geography The island is located 1.5 kilometres north-east of Cathedral Cove, to the east of Mercury Bay. It is tida ...

* Motuhoa Island,

Tauranga Harbour Tauranga Harbour is the natural tidal harbour that surrounds Tauranga CBD and the Mount Maunganui area of Tauranga, New Zealand, and which flows into the Pacific Ocean at Mount Maunganui. The harbour is effectively two flooded river systems se ...

Motuihe Island Motuihe Island (official name: Motuihe Island / Te Motu-a-Ihenga) lies between Motutapu and Waiheke islands in the Hauraki Gulf of New Zealand, near Auckland. The island measures , of which around are remnants of coastal forest. The island is ...

* Motukaroro Island * Motukawao Islands * Motukiore Island, Parua Bay * Motukōkako Island / Piercy Island * Motu Matakohe / Limestone Island * Motunau Island * Motuora * Motuoroi Island * Moturaka Island * Moturoa / Rabbit Island * Moturekareka Island *

Motutapu Island Motutapu Island (otherwise known as ''Motutapu'') is a island in the Hauraki Gulf to the northeast of the city of Auckland, New Zealand. The island is part of the Hauraki Gulf Maritime Park. Its full name, rarely used, is ''Te Motutapu a Taikeh ...

* Moutohora Island/Whale Island * Native Island *

Ngarango Otainui Island Ngarango Otainui Island is an Island privately owned by Arzan Hajee and Arif Hajee. It is situated in the Manukau Harbour in Auckland, New Zealand. The Island is 5 km from the Auckland Airport and 10 km from Auckland CBD (as the crow f ...

* Ngā Motu / Sugar Loaf Islands * Ninepin Rock, Manukau Harbour * Noble Island *

* Opahekeheke Island *

Open Bay Islands The Open Bay Islands are located in South Westland, off the south-west coast of the South Island of New Zealand. They consist of two main islands, Taumaka and Popotai, plus several smaller islets and rocks. They lie approximately offshore from t ...

* Ōtamahua / Quail Island * Pakatoa Island * Pakihi Island * Pararekau Island, Manukau Harbour * Pearl Island * Pepin Island (a tied island connected to the mainland) *

Ponui Island Ponui Island (also known as Chamberlin's Island) is a privately owned island located in the Hauraki Gulf, to the east of the city of Auckland, New Zealand. It is located to the southeast of Waiheke Island, at the eastern end of the Tamaki Stra ...

Poor Knights Islands The Poor Knights Islands ( Māori: ''Tawhiti Rahi)'' are a group of islands off the east coast of the Northland Region of the North Island of New Zealand. They lie to the northeast of Whangarei, and offshore halfway between Bream Head ...

Portland Island Portland Island, also called Waikawa, is a small island off the southern tip of the Māhia Peninsula on the North Island of New Zealand. It is used for sheep farming. The area of the island fluctuates rapidly between high and low tides due to a ...

Pourewa Island Pourewa Island lies in Tolaga Bay, just offshore from Cook's Cove in New Zealand. It was formerly known as Spöring Island, named by Lt. James Cook after the Finnish draughtsman Herman Spöring, a member of the scientific detachment aboard HM ...

Puketutu Island Puketutu Island, also known as Te Motu a Hiaroa, is a volcanic island in the Manukau Harbour, New Zealand, and is part of the Auckland volcanic field. European settlers called it Weekes' Island, but this was eventually abandoned in favour of the ...

* Putauhinu Island * Quarantine Island / Kamau Taurua * Rakino Island * Rakitu Island * Rangitoto Island * Rangitoto Islands, Marlborough Sounds * Rangitoto ki te Tonga / D'Urville Island *

Raratoka Island Raratoka Island (also known as Centre Island) is a small island in Foveaux Strait off the coast of Stewart Island / Rakiura, New Zealand. It is located north of Stewart island's northernmost point, Black Rock Point, and southwest of the Sout ...

* Resolution Island *

Ripapa Island Ripapa Island ( mi, Rīpapa), also known earlier as Ripa Island, located just off the shore of Lyttelton Harbour, has played many roles in the history of New Zealand. A Māori fortified pā there played a key role in an internal struggle for th ...

Rotoroa Island Rotoroa Island is an island to the east of Waiheke Island in the Hauraki Gulf of New Zealand. It covers . The Salvation Army purchased it for £400 in 1908 from the Ruthe family to expand their alcohol and drug rehabilitation facility at nearby ...

*Rurima Rocks, including Rurima Island *

Ruapuke Island Ruapuke Island is one of the southernmost islands in New Zealand's main chain of islands. It lies to the southeast of Bluff and northeast of Oban on Stewart Island/Rakiura. It was named "Bench Island" upon its discovery by Captain James Coo ...

* Secretary Island * Shark Island, Manukau Harbour * Shoe Island / Motuhoa * Simmonds Islands * Slipper Island *

* Stephens Island / Takapourewa * Stephenson Island * Stewart Island / Rakiura * Taieri Island / Moturata * Takangaroa Island * Taputeranga Island * Tarahiki Island * Tarakanahi Island * Tata Islands *

Taukihepa / Big South Cape Island Big South Cape Island or Taukihepa is an offshore island of New Zealand to the west of the southern tip of Stewart Island / Rakiura. The island has no permanent inhabitants but muttonbirders visit the island to catch the sooty shearwater, known i ...

* Te Hauturu-o-Toi / Little Barrier Island * Te Motu-o-Kura / Bare Island *

Te Hāwere-a-Maki / Goat Island Goat Island or Te Hāwere-a-Maki is a tiny island (approximately ) in New Zealand located close to the North Island coast, north of Auckland, northeast of Warkworth, and directly west of Little Barrier Island. It is within Cape Rodney-Okakari Po ...

* Tikitiki Island, (The Ninepin), Bay of Islands * Tiritiri Matangi Island * Tītī / Muttonbird Islands * Tonga Island * Ulva Island *

Urupukapuka Island Urupukapuka Island is the largest island in the Bay of Islands of New Zealand, located about 7.3 km from Paihia. The island is a popular stopover point for tour boats to the Hole in the Rock and is also serviced by ferries for day trips f ...

* Waiheke Island * Walker Island * Watchman Island * Whakaari / White Island * Whanganui Island * Whangaokeno / East Island * White Island (Otago) * Wiroa Island, Manukau Harbour

In rivers and lakes

* Black Jacks Island (in Lake Benmore) *

Channel Islands The Channel Islands ( nrf, Îles d'la Manche; french: îles Anglo-Normandes or ''îles de la Manche'') are an archipelago in the English Channel, off the French coast of Normandy. They include two Crown Dependencies: the Bailiwick of Jersey, ...

(in Lake Manapouri) * Dome Islands (in Lake Te Anau) * Entrance Island (in Lake Te Anau) * Fereday Island (in the

Rakaia River The Rakaia River is in the Canterbury Plains in New Zealand's South Island. The Rakaia River is one of the largest braided rivers in New Zealand. The Rakaia River has a mean flow of and a mean annual seven-day low flow of . In the 1850s, Eur ...

delta) * Harwich Island (in Lake Wānaka) * Hidden Island (in Lake Wakatipu) *

(in the Clutha / Mata-Au delta) * Junction Island (in Lake Benmore) * Karihoa Island (in Waikato River) * Kaiwaka No.1 Island (in Waikato River delta) * Kaiwaka No.2 Island (in Waikato River delta) * Manutahi Island (in Waikato River) * Mary Island (in Lake Hauroko) *

Mokoia Island __NOTOC__ Mokoia Island is located in Lake Rotorua in New Zealand. It has an area of 1.35 square kilometres. The uninhabited island is a rhyolite lava dome, rising to 180 metres above the lake surface. It was formed after the Rotorua caldera c ...

(in Lake Rotorua) * Motakorea Island (in Waikato River) * Motuariki Island (in Lake Tekapo) * Motukakako Island (in Waikato River delta) *

Motutaiko Island Motuaiko Island is the only island within Lake Taupō on the North Island of New Zealand. It sits near the town of Motutere. The name "Motutaiko" is from the Māori language, with "motu" meaning island, and "taiko" being a name for the black ...

(in

Lake Taupō Lake Taupō (also spelled Taupo; mi, Taupō-nui-a-Tia or ) is a large crater lake in New Zealand's North Island, located in the caldera of the Taupō Volcano. The lake is the namesake of the town of Taupō, which sits on a bay in the lake's n ...

) *

Moutoa Island Moutoa Island is an island of shingle approximately long, up the Whanganui River, New Zealand between the towns of Rānana and Hiruharama. Surrounded by rapids, it has been the site of many battles, the most famous being on 14 May 1864, betwe ...

(in the

Whanganui River The Whanganui River is a major river in the North Island of New Zealand. It is the country's third-longest river, and has special status owing to its importance to the region's Māori people. In March 2017 it became the world's second natur ...

) * Mou Tapu (in Lake Wānaka) * Mou Waho (in Lake Wānaka) * Motutieke Island (in Waikato River delta) * Namuheiriro Island (in Waikato River) * Ngāhinapōuri Island (in Waikato River delta) * Opuawhanga Island (in Waikato River) * Pigeon Island/Wāwāhi Waka (in Lake Wakatipu) * Pig Island/Mātau (in Lake Wakatipu) *

(in Lake Manapouri) * Puehunui Island (in Waikato River delta) *

(in the

delta) *

(in the Rangitata River delta) * Rona Island (in Lake Manapouri) * Ruby Island (in Lake Wānaka) * Silver Island (in Lake Hāwea) * Stevensons Island/Te Peka Karara (in Lake Wānaka) * Tarahanga Island (in Waikato River) * Tawanui Island (in Waikato River delta) * Te Kopura Island (in Waikato River) * Te Toki Island (in Waikato River) * Te Weranga Okapu Island (in Waikato River delta) * Tree Island (in Lake Wakatipu) * Whatamakiri Island (in Waikato River delta)

Outlying

New Zealand administers the following islands outside the main archipelago. Only the Chatham Islands have a permanent population although others also did in the past. Others host visitors for science, conservation, meteorological observation and tourism. *

Chatham Islands The Chatham Islands ( ) (Moriori: ''Rēkohu'', 'Misty Sun'; mi, Wharekauri) are an archipelago in the Pacific Ocean about east of New Zealand's South Island. They are administered as part of New Zealand. The archipelago consists of about t ...

** Chatham Island **

Forty-Fours The Forty-Fours are a group of islands in the Chatham Archipelago, about east of the main Chatham Island. They are called ''Motchuhar'' in Moriori and ''Motuhara'' in Māori.Government of New Zealand, Dept. of Conservation (1999) Chatham Isla ...

** Little Mangere Island ** Mangere Island ** Pitt Island ** The Sisters ** Rangatira Island **

Star Keys The Star Keys ( mi, Motuhope; Moriori: ''Motchu Hopo'') are group of five rocky islets in the Chatham Archipelago, about east of Pitt Island They are called ''Motuhope'' in Moriori and Māori.Government of New Zealand, Dept. of Conservation (1 ...

* Kermadec Islands **

Cheeseman Island Cheeseman Island is a rocky volcanic island in the southwest Pacific Ocean (located at ). It is named after Thomas Frederick Cheeseman of the Auckland Museum - who was on board the New Zealand Government steamer 'Stella' when it visited the i ...

** Curtis Island ** L'Esperance Rock **

Macauley Island Macauley Island is a volcanic island in New Zealand's Kermadec Islands, approximately halfway between New Zealand's North Island and Tonga in the southwest Pacific Ocean. It is part of a larger submarine volcano that features a wide underwate ...

** Nugent Island ** Raoul Island * Solander Islands **Solander Island **Little Solander Island **Pierced Rock *

Manawatāwhi / Three Kings Islands The Manawatāwhi / Three Kings Islands (sometimes just known collectively by the Māori language, Māori name for the largest island, Manawatāwhi) are a group of 13 uninhabited islands about northwest of Cape Reinga / Te Rerenga Wairua, New Z ...

** Manawatāwhi / Great Island ** Oromaki / North East Island ** Farmer Rocks ** Moekawa / South West Island ** Princes Islands ** Ōhau / West Island Topographical map of the Antipodes Islands in English

Topographical map of the Antipodes Islands in English

The New Zealand Subantarctic Islands are designated as a

World Heritage Site A World Heritage Site is a landmark or area with legal protection by an international convention administered by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). World Heritage Sites are designated by UNESCO for ...

. * Antipodes Islands **

Antipodes Island In geography, the antipode () of any spot on Earth is the point on Earth's surface diametrically opposite to it. A pair of points ''antipodal'' () to each other are situated such that a straight line connecting the two would pass through ...

** Bollons Island * Auckland Islands ** Adams Island ** Auckland Island ** Disappointment Island ** Enderby Island **

Ewing Island Ewing Island is an ice-covered, dome-shaped island in diameter, lying northeast of Cape Collier, off the east coast of Palmer Land. It was discovered from the air on November 7, 1947, by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE), under ...

** Rose Island *

Bounty Islands The Bounty Islands ( mi, Moutere Hauriri; "Island of angry wind") are a small group of 13 uninhabited granite islets and numerous rocks, with a combined area of , in the South Pacific Ocean. Territorially part of New Zealand, they lie about e ...

* Campbell Island group ** Campbell Island ** Dent Island **

Folly Island Folly Island is a barrier island in the Atlantic Ocean near Charleston, South Carolina. It is one of the Sea Islands and is within the boundaries of Charleston County, South Carolina. During the American Civil War, the island served as a major ...

(or Folly Islands) ** Jacquemart Island * The Snares ** Broughton Island ** North East Island ** Western Chain

Realm of New Zealand

The following islands are part of the Realm of New Zealand, but are not part of New Zealand proper: *

Cook Islands ) , image_map = Cook Islands on the globe (small islands magnified) (Polynesia centered).svg , capital = Avarua , coordinates = , largest_city = Avarua , official_languages = , lan ...

Aitutaki Aitutaki, also traditionally known as Araura and Utataki, is the second most-populated island in the Cook Islands, after Rarotonga. It is an "almost atoll", with fifteen islets in a lagoon adjacent to the main island. Total land area is , and the ...

** Atiu **

Mangaia Mangaia (traditionally known as A'ua'u Enua, which means ''terraced'') is the most southerly of the Cook Islands and the second largest, after Rarotonga. It is a roughly circular island, with an area of , from Rarotonga. Originally heavily popula ...

** Manihiki ** Manuae ** Mauke ** Mitiaro **

Nassau Nassau may refer to: Places Bahamas *Nassau, Bahamas, capital city of the Bahamas, on the island of New Providence Canada *Nassau District, renamed Home District, regional division in Upper Canada from 1788 to 1792 *Nassau Street (Winnipeg), ...

** Palmerston Island ** Penrhyn Island/Tongareva ** Pukapuka ** Rakahanga **

Rarotonga Rarotonga is the largest and most populous of the Cook Islands. The island is volcanic, with an area of , and is home to almost 75% of the country's population, with 13,007 of a total population of 17,434. The Cook Islands' Parliament buildings a ...

** Suwarrow ** Takutea *

Niue Niue (, ; niu, Niuē) is an island country in the South Pacific Ocean, northeast of New Zealand. Niue's land area is about and its population, predominantly Polynesian, was about 1,600 in 2016. Niue is located in a triangle between T ...

* Tokelau **

Atafu Atafu, formerly known as the Duke of York Group, is a group of 52 coral islets within Tokelau in the south Pacific Ocean, north of Samoa. With a land area of , it is the smallest of the three islands that constitute Tokelau. It is an atoll and su ...

Nukunonu Nukunonu is the largest atoll within Tokelau, a dependency of New Zealand, in the south Pacific Ocean. It comprises 30 islets surrounding a central lagoon, with about of land area and a lagoon surface area of . Motuhaga is the only islet th ...

Fakaofo Fakaofo, formerly known as Bowditch Island, is a South Pacific Ocean atoll located in the Tokelau Group. The actual land area is only about 3 km2 (1.1 sq mi), consisting of islets on a coral reef surrounding a central lagoon of some 45 ...

Territorial claims

New Zealand also claims the Ross Dependency in

Antarctica Antarctica () is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and surrounded by the Southern Ocean, it contains the geographic South Pole. Antarctica is the fifth-largest cont ...

, including: *the

Balleny Islands The Balleny Islands () are a series of uninhabited islands in the Southern Ocean extending from 66°15' to 67°35'S and 162°30' to 165°00'E. The group extends for about in a northwest-southeast direction. The islands are heavily glaciated an ...

Buckle Island Buckle Island is one of the three main islands in the uninhabited Balleny Islands group located in the Southern Ocean. It lies north-west of Sturge Island and south-east of Young Island, some north-north-east of Belousov Point on the Antar ...

** Sabrina Island ** Sturge Island **

Young Island Young Island () is the northernmost and westernmost of the three main islands in the uninhabited Balleny Islands group located in the Southern Ocean. It lies northwest of Buckle Island, some north-northeast of Belousov Point on the Antarctic m ...

Scott Island Scott Island is a small uninhabited island of volcanic origin in the Ross Sea, Southern Ocean, northeast of Cape Adare, the northeastern extremity of Victoria Land, Antarctica. It is long north–south, and between and wide, reaching a ...

Roosevelt Island Roosevelt Island is an island in New York City's East River, within the borough of Manhattan. It lies between Manhattan Island to the west, and the borough of Queens, on Long Island, to the east. Running from the equivalent of East 46th to ...

Coulman Island Coulman Island is an ice-covered island in the Ross Sea, located southeast of Cape Jones, Victoria Land, Antarctica. It is long, wide and in elevation. Emperor penguins inhabit this island. It was discovered in 1841 by Sir James Clark Ro ...

*the Ross Archipelago **

Ross Island Ross Island is an island formed by four volcanoes in the Ross Sea near the continent of Antarctica, off the coast of Victoria Land in McMurdo Sound. Ross Island lies within the boundaries of Ross Dependency, an area of Antarctica claimed by N ...

Beaufort Island Beaufort Island is an island in Antarctica's Ross Sea. It is the northernmost feature of the Ross Archipelago,

White Island White Island may refer to: Places Oceania *Whakaari / White Island, volcanic island in the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand ** 2019 Whakaari / White Island eruption * White Island (Otago), Dunedin, New Zealand North America * White Island, Paget, Bermu ...

** Black Island **the Dellbridge Islands *** Inaccessible Island *** Tent Island *** Big Razorback *** Little Razorback

Notes

References

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