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Geography. The islands lie within 29° to 31.5° south latitude and 178° to 179° west longitude, 800–1,000 km (500–620 mi) northeast of New Zealand's North Island, and a similar distance southwest of Tonga. The total area of the islands is 33.6 km 2 (12.97 sq mi).
Kermadec Islands, volcanic island group in the South Pacific Ocean, 600 mi (1,000 km) northeast of Auckland, New Zealand; they are a dependency of New Zealand. They include Raoul (Sunday), Macauley, and Curtis islands and l’Esperance Rock and have a total land area of 13 sq mi (34 sq km).
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Kermadec Islands map. The Kermadec Islands are the tiny emergent part of a chain of submarine volcanoes that define the Kermadec ridge. In political terms the Kermadecs are important for New Zealand as they define the northern extent of both the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) and the Extended Continental Shelf (ECS).
Kermadec Marine Reserve map with WSG84 lat/long coordinates boundaries | View larger (PDF, 512K) Marine Reserve The Kermadec Islands are the visible surface of a chain of about 80 volcanoes, stretching for 2,600 km between Tonga and New Zealand.
The Kermadec Islands are a group of small volcanic islands, 800–1,000 kilometres north-east of the North Island. A nature reserve, they are uninhabited, except for a Department of Conservation field station on Raoul Island, the main island. Geology and climate.
Kermadec Islands. Type: Archipelago. Description: subtropical island arc in the South Pacific Ocean. Categories: island group, locality and landform. Location: New Zealand, Oceania. View on OpenStreetMap. Latitude. -29.26224° or 29° 15' 44" south. Longitude.
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Raoul Island visitor access map | View larger (PDF 1,528K) Land access. The Kermadec Islands are nature reserves protected under the 1977 Reserves Act. The Act requires all visitors landing on the island to obtain and comply with an entry permit. Entry permits are only issued for Raoul island, and stipulate what places visitors can access and when.
