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Auckland Islands

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Auckland Islands

This pair of wandering albatrosses have chosen a bleak place to nest on treeless Adams Island, the southernmost of the Auckland Islands.

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Eileen McSaveney, Landscapes – overview – Offshore islands, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/13068/auckland-islands (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Eileen McSaveney, published 1 March 2009, updated 1 July 2015.