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Kōrero: Chatham Islands

Southern cliffs

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Southern cliffs

The southern third of Chatham Island has precipitous cliffs of basaltic volcanic rock. They mark the edge of tablelands based on the same rock.

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by Ngaire Lawson

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Rhys Richards, Chatham Islands – Chatham Islands places, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/37818/southern-cliffs (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Rhys Richards, i tāngia i te 28 November 2012, updated 1 May 2015.