Folly Island, New Zealand

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Folly Island, New Zealand
Campbell Island map.png
Geography
Coordinates 52°31′48″S169°02′36″E / 52.5300077778°S 169.0431975°E / -52.5300077778; 169.0431975
Archipelago Campbell Island group
Administration
New Zealand
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited

Folly Island or the Folly Islands is a subantarctic island located in New Zealand's Campbell Island group.

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Environment

In a survey of the island in 1976, it was found to have rats and "possibly the only pristine stand of Chionochloa antarctica " (a tussock grass) in the area, according to naturalists. Arthropod surveys were also made and none reported other than a Wētā. [1] Rats were eradicated from the Campbell Island group in 2001. The area is among five subantarctic island groups designated as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. [2]

Important Bird Area

The island is part of the Campbell Island group Important Bird Area (IBA), identified as such by BirdLife International because of its significance as a breeding site for several species of seabirds as well as the endemic Campbell teal and Campbell snipe. [3]

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References

  1. Foggo, M.N. and Colin D. Meurk. "Notes on a Visit to Jacquemart Island in the Campbell Island Group," New Zealand Journal of Ecology, Vol. 4, 1981, pp. 29-32. https://newzealandecology.org/nzje/1510.pdf
  2. New Zealand Sub-Antarctic Islands - UNESCO World Heritage Centre
  3. BirdLife International. (2012). Important Bird Areas factsheet: Campbell Island (and outliers). Downloaded from "BirdLife International - conserving the world's birds". Archived from the original on 10 July 2007. Retrieved 9 August 2013. on 2012-01-22.

52°31′48″S169°02′36″E / 52.5300077778°S 169.0431975°E / -52.5300077778; 169.0431975