The Solander Islands / Hautere are three uninhabited volcanic islets toward the western end of the Foveaux Strait just beyond New Zealand's South Island. The Māori name Hautere translates into English as "flying wind". The islands lie 38 km (24 mi) south of Prices Point, near where Lake Hakapoua drains through Big River to the ocean due west of Te Waewae Bay, and 64 km (40 mi) northwest of the Putatara (Rugged) Point in the northwest of Stewart Island / Rakiura, or 56 km (35 mi) from Codfish Island / Whenua Hou. The islands measure 1.2 km2 (0.46 sq mi).[2] Administratively, the islands form part of Southland District, making them the only uninhabited outlying island group of New Zealand to be part of a local authority.
The islands are the tip of a larger submerged volcano, roughly equivalent in size to Mount Taranaki.[3] It was formerly believed that the volcano last erupted roughly 2 million years ago, but in 2008 radiometric dating of rock samples from the main island found that it was between 150,000 and 400,000 years old.[1] In 2013 it was discovered that Little Solander Island had been active even more recently at between 20 and 50,000 years ago.[4]
Solander Island / Hautere (also known in Māori as Te Niho a Kewa), the main island, covers around 1 km2 (0.39 sq mi), rising steeply to a peak 330 metres (1,083 ft) above sea level. It is wooded except for its northeast end, mainly a bare, white rock. A deep cave is on the east side, Sealers Cave. Little Solander Island is 1.9 km (1.2 mi) west. It reaches 148 m (486 ft) high yet covers 4 ha (9.9 acres). It has a barren appearance and is guano-covered. Pierced Rock is 250 m (273 yd) south of the main island. It rises to 54 m (177 ft) and covers 2,000 m2 (22,000 sq ft) (0.2 ha).
HistoryEdit
View of the Solander Islands, drawn by Herman Spöring on HMB Endeavour, 1770
The island chain was sighted by Captain James Cook on 11 March 1770 and named by him after the Swedish naturalist Daniel Solander, one of the scientific crew aboard Cook's ship, Endeavour.[5]
The islands are geographically forbidding and weather conditions often confound the approach of ships, dissuading attempts at permanent habitation. Australian sealers briefly made use of the islands during the early 19th century, likely living on small flats between the island's cliffs and its shoreline for stints of a few months.[6] Castaways would occasionally end up on the islands, and in 1813, a passing ship bound for Stewart Island found five men in need of rescue. The men – four Europeans and one Australian aboriginal – were marooned there between 1808 and 1813, representing the longest continuous period of habitation on the islands. They are thought to have been left ashore in two groups for seal hunting (sealing), but the sea prevented the approach of any ship to recover them. In 1810, sealing moved to Macquarie Island, farther to the west, and they were effectively abandoned. When rediscovered in 1813, it is likely that they had amassed many dried seal pelts.[6]
GeologyEdit
The islands are remnants of an isolated extinct trachyandesite and andesitePleistocene volcano whose volcanics have geochemical affinities with modern adakites.[7][8] The andestic dome of Little Solander Island was active between 20 and 50,000 years ago.[4] The age of the main island is 150 to 400 thousand years old, backed up by pollen data, with in one set of analysis the eruptives having a mean age of 344 ± 10 ka and another mean age of 247 ± 8 ka.[4][1] The islands lie on a bank with depths less than 100 m (328 ft), separated from the continental shelf along Foveaux Strait by a 4 km (2.5 mi) but narrow trough 200 m (656 ft) deep (at least 237 m or 778 ft). Therefore, the islands are included in the New Zealand Outlying Islands.
The islands are the only volcanic land in New Zealand recently related to the subduction of the Australian Plate beneath the Pacific Plate[1][9] along the Puysegur Trench, which extends southwards from the end of the Alpine Fault.[10] The current estimated rate of subduction is 35–36 mm per year.[7] The Solander Basin Mesozoic continental basement rock consists of diorite and subordinate gabbro overlaid by Oligocene to Pliocene sediment.[7] This is isotopically distinct continental crust from the Solander Islands, excluding partial melting of the lower crust as creating the volcanic magma.[8] It has been suggested that the melt that formed the islands comes from a peridotitic source enriched by the addition of a slab-derived melt with subsequent open-system fractionation, resulted in the evolved andesitic adakites.[8]
Flora and faunaEdit
There are 53 vascular plant species, one third of which are very rare. The flora is dominated by ferns and orchids. The southern, and nominate, subspecies of Buller's albatross (Thalassarche b. bulleri) breeds only on the Solanders and the Snares.
The Solander Islands were historically a well-known area for migrating whales, especially southern right and sperm whales. Sperm whales in this area were said to be exceptionally large.[11]
Bird lifeEdit
The islands are home to a variety of bird life.[12]
^ abcdMortimer, N.; Gans, P.B.; Mildenhall, D.C. (2008). "A middle-late Quaternary age for the adakitic arc volcanics of Hautere (Solander Island), Southern Ocean". Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research. 178 (4): 701–707. Bibcode:2008JVGR..178..701M. doi:10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2008.09.003. ISSN 0377-0273.
^"Data Table - Protected Areas - LINZ Data Service (recorded area 120 ha)". Land Information New Zealand. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
^"Solander Island – an extinct volcano". Science Learning Hub. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
^ abcMortimer, N.; Gans, P.B.; Foley, F. V.; Turner, M. B.; Daczko, N.; Robertson, M.; Turnbull, I. M. (2013). "Geology and Age of Solander Volcano, Fiordland, New Zealand". Journal of Geology. 121 (5): 475–487. Bibcode:2013JG....121..475M. doi:10.1086/671397. S2CID 140662244.
^Lee, Garry J. "Science on the Map: Places in New Zealand Named After Scientists". The Rutherford Journal. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
^ abMcNab, Robert (1905). Murihiku: A History of the South Island of New Zealand and the Islands Adjacent and Lying to the South, from 1642 to 1835. Cambridge University Press (republished 2011). pp. 208–211. ISBN9781108039994. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
^ abcFoley, Fiona V.; Pearson, Norman J.; Rushmer, Tracy; Turner, Simon; Adam, John (2013). "Magmatic Evolution and Magma Mixing of Quaternary Adakites at Solander and Little Solander Islands, New Zealand". Journal of Petrology. 54 (4): 703–744. doi:10.1093/petrology/egs082.
^ abcFoley, Fiona V.; Turner, Simon; Rushmer, Tracy Rushmer; Caulfield, John T.; Daczko, Nathan R.; Bierman, Paul; Robertson, Matthew; Barrie, Craig D.; Boyce, Adrian J. (2014). "10Be, 18O and radiogenic isotopic constraints on the origin of adakitic signatures: a case study from Solander and Little Solander Islands, New Zealand". Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology. 168 (1048). doi:10.1007/s00410-014-1048-9. S2CID 129879486.
^Keith Lewis, Scott D. Nodder and Lionel Carter. 'Sea floor geology – Solander Island', Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Updated 21 September 2007. Retrieved 29 March 2009.
^"Alpine Fault". www.otago.ac.nz. Department of Geology, Otago University. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
^O'Donnell, Colin F.J. "Birds and mammals of Solander (Hautere) Island." Notornis 27: 21-44" (PDF). Notornis vol. 27). pp. 21–44.
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Solander Island redirects here For the island off the west coast of Canada see Solander Island Ecological Reserve The Solander Islands Hautere are three uninhabited volcanic islets toward the western end of the Foveaux Strait just beyond New Zealand s South Island The Maori name Hautere translates into English as flying wind The islands lie 38 km 24 mi south of Prices Point near where Lake Hakapoua drains through Big River to the ocean due west of Te Waewae Bay and 64 km 40 mi northwest of the Putatara Rugged Point in the northwest of Stewart Island Rakiura or 56 km 35 mi from Codfish Island Whenua Hou The islands measure 1 2 km2 0 46 sq mi 2 Administratively the islands form part of Southland District making them the only uninhabited outlying island group of New Zealand to be part of a local authority Solander Islands HautereMaori HautereMap of the Solander IslandsMap of the undersea Solander arc volcano edifice brown Clicking on the map enables panning and zooming GeographyLocationSouthland DistrictCoordinates46 34 S 166 53 E 46 567 S 166 883 E 46 567 166 883Area120 ha 300 acres Length1 6 km 0 99 mi Highest elevation330 m 1080 ft AdministrationNew ZealandAdditional informationAge Pleistocene 0 4 0 15 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N 1 Arc volcanoThe islands are the tip of a larger submerged volcano roughly equivalent in size to Mount Taranaki 3 It was formerly believed that the volcano last erupted roughly 2 million years ago but in 2008 radiometric dating of rock samples from the main island found that it was between 150 000 and 400 000 years old 1 In 2013 it was discovered that Little Solander Island had been active even more recently at between 20 and 50 000 years ago 4 Contents 1 Islands 2 History 3 Geology 4 Flora and fauna 5 Bird life 6 See also 7 References 8 External linksIslands EditSolander Island Hautere also known in Maori as Te Niho a Kewa the main island covers around 1 km2 0 39 sq mi rising steeply to a peak 330 metres 1 083 ft above sea level It is wooded except for its northeast end mainly a bare white rock A deep cave is on the east side Sealers Cave Little Solander Island is 1 9 km 1 2 mi west It reaches 148 m 486 ft high yet covers 4 ha 9 9 acres It has a barren appearance and is guano covered Pierced Rock is 250 m 273 yd south of the main island It rises to 54 m 177 ft and covers 2 000 m2 22 000 sq ft 0 2 ha History Edit nbsp View of the Solander Islands drawn by Herman Sporing on HMB Endeavour 1770The island chain was sighted by Captain James Cook on 11 March 1770 and named by him after the Swedish naturalist Daniel Solander one of the scientific crew aboard Cook s ship Endeavour 5 The islands are geographically forbidding and weather conditions often confound the approach of ships dissuading attempts at permanent habitation Australian sealers briefly made use of the islands during the early 19th century likely living on small flats between the island s cliffs and its shoreline for stints of a few months 6 Castaways would occasionally end up on the islands and in 1813 a passing ship bound for Stewart Island found five men in need of rescue The men four Europeans and one Australian aboriginal were marooned there between 1808 and 1813 representing the longest continuous period of habitation on the islands They are thought to have been left ashore in two groups for seal hunting sealing but the sea prevented the approach of any ship to recover them In 1810 sealing moved to Macquarie Island farther to the west and they were effectively abandoned When rediscovered in 1813 it is likely that they had amassed many dried seal pelts 6 Geology EditThe islands are remnants of an isolated extinct trachyandesite and andesite Pleistocene volcano whose volcanics have geochemical affinities with modern adakites 7 8 The andestic dome of Little Solander Island was active between 20 and 50 000 years ago 4 The age of the main island is 150 to 400 thousand years old backed up by pollen data with in one set of analysis the eruptives having a mean age of 344 10 ka and another mean age of 247 8 ka 4 1 The islands lie on a bank with depths less than 100 m 328 ft separated from the continental shelf along Foveaux Strait by a 4 km 2 5 mi but narrow trough 200 m 656 ft deep at least 237 m or 778 ft Therefore the islands are included in the New Zealand Outlying Islands The islands are the only volcanic land in New Zealand recently related to the subduction of the Australian Plate beneath the Pacific Plate 1 9 along the Puysegur Trench which extends southwards from the end of the Alpine Fault 10 The current estimated rate of subduction is 35 36 mm per year 7 The Solander Basin Mesozoic continental basement rock consists of diorite and subordinate gabbro overlaid by Oligocene to Pliocene sediment 7 This is isotopically distinct continental crust from the Solander Islands excluding partial melting of the lower crust as creating the volcanic magma 8 It has been suggested that the melt that formed the islands comes from a peridotitic source enriched by the addition of a slab derived melt with subsequent open system fractionation resulted in the evolved andesitic adakites 8 Flora and fauna EditThere are 53 vascular plant species one third of which are very rare The flora is dominated by ferns and orchids The southern and nominate subspecies of Buller s albatross Thalassarche b bulleri breeds only on the Solanders and the Snares The Solander Islands were historically a well known area for migrating whales especially southern right and sperm whales Sperm whales in this area were said to be exceptionally large 11 Bird life EditThe islands are home to a variety of bird life 12 The Solander group has been identified as an Important Bird Area IBA by BirdLife International because of its significance as a breeding site for Buller s albatrosses with about 5000 pairs and common diving petrels 13 See also Edit nbsp Islands portalNew Zealand outlying islands List of islands of New Zealand List of islands Desert islandReferences Edit a b c d Mortimer N Gans P B Mildenhall D C 2008 A middle late Quaternary age for the adakitic arc volcanics of Hautere Solander Island Southern Ocean Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 178 4 701 707 Bibcode 2008JVGR 178 701M doi 10 1016 j jvolgeores 2008 09 003 ISSN 0377 0273 Data Table Protected Areas LINZ Data Service recorded area 120 ha Land Information New Zealand Retrieved 27 August 2019 Solander Island an extinct volcano Science Learning Hub Retrieved 19 February 2022 a b c Mortimer N Gans P B Foley F V Turner M B Daczko N Robertson M Turnbull I M 2013 Geology and Age of Solander Volcano Fiordland New Zealand Journal of Geology 121 5 475 487 Bibcode 2013JG 121 475M doi 10 1086 671397 S2CID 140662244 Lee Garry J Science on the Map Places in New Zealand Named After Scientists The Rutherford Journal Retrieved 20 April 2019 a b McNab Robert 1905 Murihiku A History of the South Island of New Zealand and the Islands Adjacent and Lying to the South from 1642 to 1835 Cambridge University Press republished 2011 pp 208 211 ISBN 9781108039994 Retrieved 21 March 2019 a b c Foley Fiona V Pearson Norman J Rushmer Tracy Turner Simon Adam John 2013 Magmatic Evolution and Magma Mixing of Quaternary Adakites at Solander and Little Solander Islands New Zealand Journal of Petrology 54 4 703 744 doi 10 1093 petrology egs082 a b c Foley Fiona V Turner Simon Rushmer Tracy Rushmer Caulfield John T Daczko Nathan R Bierman Paul Robertson Matthew Barrie Craig D Boyce Adrian J 2014 10Be 18O and radiogenic isotopic constraints on the origin of adakitic signatures a case study from Solander and Little Solander Islands New Zealand Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 168 1048 doi 10 1007 s00410 014 1048 9 S2CID 129879486 Keith Lewis Scott D Nodder and Lionel Carter Sea floor geology Solander Island Te Ara the Encyclopedia of New Zealand Updated 21 September 2007 Retrieved 29 March 2009 Alpine Fault www otago ac nz Department of Geology Otago University Retrieved 18 August 2022 http docs niwa co nz library public NIWAis76 pdf bare URL PDF O Donnell Colin F J Birds and mammals of Solander Hautere Island Notornis 27 21 44 PDF Notornis vol 27 pp 21 44 BirdLife International 2012 Important Bird Areas factsheet Solander Islands Downloaded from http www birdlife org on 27 January 2012 Wise s New Zealand guide A gazetteer of New Zealand 4th ed 1969 Dunedin H Wise amp Co N Z Ltd External links EditGeology Botany Fauna Albatrosses Nautical information NZ map viewer photo Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Solander Islands amp oldid 1170143179, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
