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Kōrero: Kermadec Islands

Kermadec Islands map

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Kermadec Islands map

The Kermadec Islands are the tiny emergent part of a chain of submarine volcanoes that define the Kermadec ridge. In political terms the Kermadecs are important for New Zealand as they define the northern extent of both the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) and the Extended Continental Shelf (ECS).

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Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand

Base map courtesy of NIWA – National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Simon Nathan, Kermadec Islands – Geology and climate, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/map/37357/kermadec-islands-map (accessed 14 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Simon Nathan, i tāngia i te 28 November 2012.