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Macquarie Island
Macquarie Island
lies in the southwest
Pacific Ocean
, about half-way between
New Zealand
and
Antarctica
, at 54° 30' S, 158° 57' E. Politically a part of
Tasmania
,
Australia
, since 1900, it became a
Tasmanian State Reserve
in 1978, and a
World Heritage Site
in 1997. It was a part of Esperance Municipality until 1993 when the municipality was merged with other municipalities to
Huon Valley
. The island is home to the entire
royal penguin
population during their annual nesting season. Ecologically, the island is part of the
Antipodes Subantarctic Islands tundra
ecoregion
.
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