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Kōrero: Kermadec Islands

Cheeseman and Curtis islands

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Cheeseman and Curtis islands

Curtis Island (right) and Cheeseman Island (left) are the tiny emergent parts of a much larger submarine volcano. A line of barnacles on the cliffs around Curtis Island shows that it is being rapidly uplifted.

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Simon Nathan, Kermadec Islands – Southern Kermadec Islands, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/37390/cheeseman-and-curtis-islands (accessed 5 June 2026).

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