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Hen and Chicken Islands
Hen and Chickens Islands
The Hen and Chicken Islands, usually known as the Hen and Chickens, lie to the east of the Northland Peninsula off the coast of northern New Zealand. They lie 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) east of Bream Head and 40 kilometres (25 mi) south-east of Whangārei with a total area of 8.44 km2 (3.26 sq mi).
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Overview
The Hen and Chicken Islands, usually known as the Hen and Chickens, lie to the east of the Northland Peninsula off the coast of northern New Zealand. They lie 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) east of Bream Head and 40 kilometres (25 mi) south-east of Whangārei with a total area of 8.44 km2 (3.26 sq mi).
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Census, cataloged
- Major islands1
- Minor islands0
- Islets1
- Rocks & skerries0
Major islands
Taranga Island
- Area
- 4.9 km²
- High point
- 417 m
The Hen and Chicken Islands, usually known as the Hen and Chickens, lie to the east of the Northland Peninsula off the coast of northern New Zealand. They lie 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) east of Bream Head and 40 kilometres (25 mi) south-east of Whangārei with a total area of 8.44 km2 (3.26 sq mi).
Islets
- Wareware Island10 m · 0.03 km²
Also in the area
Inside the group's outline but not confirmed as members by any source.
- Lady Alice Island153 m · 1.5 km²
- Whatupuke Island227 m · 0.99 km²
- Coppermine Island184 m · 0.77 km²
- Mauitaha Island115 m · 0.25 km²
- Muriwhenua Island38 m · 0.03 km²
Figures
Comparative heights
- Taranga: 417 m
- Whatupuke: 227 m
- Coppermine: 184 m
- Lady Alice: 153 m
- Mauitaha: 115 m
- Muriwhenua: 38 m
- Wareware: 10 m
To the same scale
Islands by area
| Taranga Island | 4.9 km² |
| Lady Alice Island | 1.5 km² |
| Whatupuke Island | 0.99 km² |
| Coppermine Island | 0.77 km² |
| Mauitaha Island | 0.25 km² |
| Muriwhenua Island | 0.03 km² |
| Wareware Island | 0.03 km² |
Photographs
View from Mt Manaia near Whangarei across Parry Channel, with the uninhabited Bream Islands in the foreground, and the larger Marotere Islands (part of the Hen and Chicken Islands) in the background.
Taranga Island, Hen and Chicken group, Jellicoe Channel, New Zealand
Langs Beach. Bream Bay is one of the most beautiful white sandy beaches in New Zealand
View to the south east of the Hen and Chicken Islands, East coast of New Zealand
Bream Head, the Bream Islands and Hen Island from atop Mt Manaia
Bream Bay is one of the most beautiful white sandy beaches in New Zealand
Bream Head with the Hen and Chicken Islands in the distance through the cloud
View from the north-west end of Langs Beach settlement. Bream Head at left on horizon and Hen and Chicken Islands at right on horizon. Bream Bay is one of the most beautiful white sandy beaches in New Zealand.
Matachia spp. found in the Hen and Chicken Islands, New Zealand
It's Lonely Offshore
Sources
Facts
Photographs
- Bream Islands. Follash / Public domain
- Taranga. LBM1948 / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Langs Beach. (8690814425). Bernard Spragg. NZ from Christchurch, New Zealand / CC0
- Hen and Chicken Islands looking south east PA232375. Peter Southwood / CC BY-SA 3.0
- Mt Lion. Follash / Public domain
- Waipo Beach (1) (8690829337). Bernard Spragg. NZ from Christchurch, New Zealand / CC0
- Northland te araroa 2. ShakyIsles / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Beach access Ruakaka. NZ (25570727591). Bernard Spragg. NZ from Christchurch, New Zealand / CC0
- Waipo Beach (11) (8691934400). Bernard Spragg. NZ from Christchurch, New Zealand / CC0
- Matachia spp. Oscar Dove / CC BY 4.0
- Bream Bay panorama. Glenn h / CC BY-SA 3.0
- It's Lonely Offshore (15473491111). cogdogblog / CC BY 2.0