New Zealand Sub-Antarctic Islands
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Categories: New Zealand outlying islands | Sub-Antarctic islands | World Heritage Sites in New Zealand | Zealandia
The five southernmost groups of the New Zealand Outlying Islands form the New Zealand Sub-Antarctic islands. These islands are all World Heritage Sites. Most of the islands are located near the southernmost edge of the largely submerged continent centred on New Zealand called Zealandia. It sank after rifting away from Australia 60-85 million years ago and from Antarctica between 130 and 85 million years ago. It is 3,500,000 km² in area, almost half the size of Australia and is unusually long and narrow. 
Until 1995, scientific research staff was stationed permanently at a meteorological station on Campbell Island. Since then, the islands are uninhabited. The islands are:
They share some features with Australia's Macquarie Island to the west. New Zealand also has territorial claims under the Antarctic Treaty System on several islands close to the Antarctic mainland, namely:
Of these, Ross Island is inhabited by the scientific staff of several research stations, notably at McMurdo Sound and Scott Base. See alsoExternal links
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