New Zealand Sub-Antarctic Islands
Also known as Iles sub-antarctiques de Nouvelle-Zelande, New Zealand Subantarctic Islands
Category
Natural
Inscribed under criteria (ix), (x).
Region
Asia and the Pacific
New Zealand
Inscribed
1998
Area
76,458 ha
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
New Zealand Sub-Antarctic Islands is about 630 km south-west of Dunedin.
Nearest towns and cities
- Invercargill · about 49,000 peopleabout 510 km north
- Dunedin · about 118,000 peopleabout 630 km north-east
- Timaru · about 27,000 peopleabout 800 km north-east
- Christchurch · about 363,000 peopleabout 940 km north-east
- Nelson · about 61,000 peopleabout 1190 km north-east
- Blenheim · about 30,000 peopleabout 1190 km north-east
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
No other World Heritage sites lie within 600 km.
Further resources
The official record, while our own profile is in hand
The official record
- World Heritage Centre page for this sitewhc.unesco.org
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