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Kermadec Islands

Kermadec Islands

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2011 | Copyright

Kermadec Islands , almost uninhabited, active volcanic group (c.13 sq mi/34 sq km), South Pacific, 450 mi (720 km) NE of New Zealand, of which they are a dependency. Raoul, or Sunday, Island, the largest, is mountainous, with three main craters. The group, now a nature reserve, was annexed to New Zealand in 1887. The islands are adjacent to the Kermadec-Tonga Trench.

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Kermadec Islands

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Kermadec Islands, New Zealand Some of the islands were discovered by British sailors in 1788 and others in 1793 by the French navigator, Joseph Bruni d'Entrecasteaux (1737–93), who named the whole group after his first officer, Jean de Kermadec.
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