South East ( Eng. South East Island ; Maori Rangatira ; Rus. Island Southeast ) - an island in the Chatham archipelago ( New Zealand ).
| South east | |
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| English South east island | |
 Map of the Chatham Archipelago . The island South East Island is indicated in the lower right corner, southeast of Pitt Island . | |
| Specifications | |
| Square | 2.18 km² |
| Highest point | 224 m |
| Population | 0 pax |
| Location | |
| Archipelago | Chatham |
| Water area | Pacific Ocean |
| A country |
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| Region | Chatham |
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Geography
South East Island is located two kilometers southeast of Pitt Island , the second largest island in the archipelago. It has an irregular shape, is stretched as far as possible from north to south by 2.5 km, from west to east (in the central part) by 1.3 km, its area is 2.18 km², the highest point is 224 meters above sea level [1 ] , there is no permanent population . The northern and eastern shores are relatively flat, while the southern and western shores are steep and rocky.
History
According to oral legends, the Moriori never lived on Rangatir , but sailed there to hunt gray petrels . No evidence for this — either , or petroglyphs — has been found.
Europeans - mainly retired sailors - permanently settled on the island in 1840. They raised potatoes and raised pigs to sell them whalers coming to their shores. In 1841, 50 merino sheep and several goats were brought to the island. In 1848, the island was depopulated again, the remaining domestic animals went wild. In 1880, Europeans again began to live on the island, raising livestock. Between 1915 and 1954, residents of the island contained 600–1200 livestock. In 1953, South East was redeemed by the state and declared a reserve, and since 1961 it, as before, has been uninhabited [1] [2] .
Fauna
Access to the island is restricted and controlled by the . The island is recognized by BirdLife International as the so-called “key ornithological territory” . Rare birds of the Chatham petetics , (approx. 1000 pairs), and inhabit the South East. Large colonies of a wide-billed whale bird (ca. 330,000 pairs) and (ca. 840,000 pairs), smaller numbers are inhabited by New Zealand thuja birds, Maori petetroika , red-faced parakeet , several species of magpie sandworms , gulls , skuas and tern [1] [2] .
Rare insects live here: the stick , the spider (one of the largest and rarest spiders in New Zealand; except South East, it has been found only on two islands of the Chatham archipelago), the beetles and 1] .
A wide variety of skinks [1] .
See also
- New Zealand Geography
- Islands of new zealand
- Chatham Archipelago
- Islands of new zealand
- Southeastern
- Southeast
- List of articles starting with the words (a) “South East”
- List of articles starting with the words (a) “Southeast”
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 Mangere and Rangatira islands - Rangatira Island (South East Island ) on the website doc.govt.nz
- ↑ 1 2 Ron. J. Nilsson, Ewan S. Kennedy, Gillian A. West. The Birdlife of South East Island (Rangatira), Chatham Islands, New Zealand (1994) ,
Links
- Chatham Islands Conservation Management Strategy ( doc ) at doc.govt.nz , August 1999