Although separated from the New Zealand mainland by 750 kilometres of ocean, the Chatham Islands are part of the New Zealand continental shelf because of the Chatham Rise, a 1,400-kilometre eastward extension of the New Zealand land mass. Apart from the Chatham Islands themselves, the Chatham Rise is entirely under water.
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