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L'Esperance Rock, southern Kermadecs

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L'Esperance Rock, southern Kermadecs

L’Esperance Rock is little more than a volcanic pinnacle, regularly swept by storms and salt spray.

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Simon Nathan, Kermadec Islands – Southern Kermadec Islands, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/37386/lesperance-rock-southern-kermadecs (accessed 24 June 2026).

Story by Simon Nathan, published 28 November 2012.