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    Australia

    54°36′S 158°52′E

    Macquarie Island

    Macquarie Islands

    Looking north at the isthmus on Macquarie Island.
    Looking north at the isthmus on Macquarie Island.

    Krudller / CC BY-SA 4.0

    Chart

    97 landforms

    Major islands

    1
    • Macquarie Island

      Macquarie Island

      Area
      123 km²
      High point
      433 m

      Macquarie Island is a subantarctic island in the south-western Pacific Ocean, about halfway between Tasmania and Antarctica. It has been governed as a part of Tasmania, Australia, since 1880. It became a Tasmanian State Reserve in 1978 and was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997.

    Islets

    41
    • Bishop Islet26 m · 0.03 km²
    • Unnamed island0.02 km²
    • Judge Islet0.01 km²
    • Unnamed island0.01 km²
    • Unnamed island1 ha
    • Unnamed island0.8 ha
    • South East Reef0.8 ha
    • Unnamed island4 m · 0.7 ha
    • Unnamed island0.6 ha
    • Unnamed island17 m · 0.6 ha
    • Unnamed island5 m · 0.5 ha
    • Unnamed island10 m · 0.4 ha

    Rocks & skerries

    55
    • Gorilla Head Rock0.3 ha
    • Anchor Rock0.2 ha
    • Torn Rock2 m · 0.2 ha
    • Unnamed island<0.1 ha
    • Unnamed island<0.1 ha
    • Unnamed island<0.1 ha
    • Unnamed island<0.1 ha
    • Unnamed island<0.1 ha
    • Unnamed island<0.1 ha
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    Figures

    Comparative heights

    Sea level200 m400 m600 m433 mMacquarie26 mBishop2 mTorn Rock
    High points by island, metres above sea level.

    Islands by area

    0.000010.00010.0010.010.11101001,000Macquarie: 123 km²MacquarieBishop: 0.03 km²BishopUnnamed island: 0.02 km²Unnamed islandJudge: 0.01 km²JudgeUnnamed island: 0.01 km²Unnamed islandUnnamed island: 1 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.8 haUnnamed islandSouth East Reef: 0.8 haSouth East ReefUnnamed island: 0.7 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.6 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.6 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.5 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.4 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.4 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.4 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.3 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.3 haUnnamed islandGorilla Head Rock: 0.3 haGorilla Head RockUnnamed island: 0.3 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.3 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.3 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.3 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.3 haUnnamed islandAnchor Rock: 0.2 haAnchor RockUnnamed island: 0.2 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.2 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.2 haUnnamed islandTorn Rock: 0.2 haTorn RockUnnamed island: 0.2 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.2 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.2 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.2 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.2 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.2 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.2 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.1 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.1 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.1 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.1 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.1 haUnnamed island
    km², log scale
    Macquarie Island123 km²
    Bishop Islet0.03 km²
    Unnamed island0.02 km²
    Judge Islet0.01 km²
    Unnamed island0.01 km²
    Unnamed island1 ha
    Unnamed island0.8 ha
    South East Reef0.8 ha
    Unnamed island0.7 ha
    Unnamed island0.6 ha
    Unnamed island0.6 ha
    Unnamed island0.5 ha
    Unnamed island0.4 ha
    Unnamed island0.4 ha
    Unnamed island0.4 ha
    Unnamed island0.3 ha
    Unnamed island0.3 ha
    Gorilla Head Rock0.3 ha
    Unnamed island0.3 ha
    Unnamed island0.3 ha
    Unnamed island0.3 ha
    Unnamed island0.3 ha
    Unnamed island0.3 ha
    Anchor Rock0.2 ha
    Unnamed island0.2 ha
    Unnamed island0.2 ha
    Unnamed island0.2 ha
    Torn Rock0.2 ha
    Unnamed island0.2 ha
    Unnamed island0.2 ha
    Unnamed island0.2 ha
    Unnamed island0.2 ha
    Unnamed island0.2 ha
    Unnamed island0.2 ha
    Unnamed island0.2 ha
    Unnamed island0.1 ha
    Unnamed island0.1 ha
    Unnamed island0.1 ha
    Unnamed island0.1 ha
    Unnamed island0.1 ha
    Unnamed island0.1 ha
    Unnamed island0.1 ha
    Unnamed island0.1 ha
    Unnamed island0.1 ha
    Unnamed island0.1 ha
    Unnamed island<0.1 ha
    Unnamed island<0.1 ha
    Unnamed island<0.1 ha
    Unnamed island<0.1 ha
    Unnamed island<0.1 ha
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    Unnamed island<0.1 ha
    Unnamed island<0.1 ha
    Hayter Rock<0.1 ha
    Unnamed island<0.1 ha
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    Groups within

    3

    Sources

    Facts

    • Geometry, areas and high points: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Copernicus GLO-30, via Talus.
    • Wikidata
    • Talus

    Photographs