Ewing Island (New Zealand)
Ewing Island is an uninhabited island, part of the Auckland Islands group, a subantarctic chain that forms part of the New Zealand outlying islands. It lies in the north-east of the group, close to the mouth of Port Ross, immediately to the south of the larger Enderby Island and off the north-eastern tip of the main Auckland Island.
Ewing Island – on the LHS | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 50°31′43″S 166°18′14″E / 50.528557°S 166.303812°E |
| Archipelago | Auckland Islands |
| Area | 0.6 km2 (0.23 sq mi) |
| Length | 1.42 km (0.882 mi) |
| Width | 1.10 km (0.684 mi) |
| Administration | |
New Zealand | |
| Demographics | |
| Population | 0 |
Important Bird Area edit
The island is part of the Auckland Island group Important Bird Area (IBA), identified as such by BirdLife International because of the significance of the group as a breeding site for several species of seabirds, as well as the endemic Auckland shag, Auckland teal, Auckland rail and Auckland snipe.[1] Both red-crowned parakeets and yellow-crowned parakeets live on Ewing Island, making this the second southernmost location of living parrots.
See also edit
References edit
- ^ BirdLife International. (2012). Important Bird Areas factsheet: Auckland Islands. Downloaded from . Archived from the original on 10 July 2007. Retrieved 29 March 2014. on 23 January 2012.
50°31′43″S 166°18′14″E / 50.528557°S 166.303812°E