Ewing Island is an uninhabited island, part of the Auckland Islands group, a subantarctic chain that forms part of the New Zealand outlying islands. It lies in the north-east of the group, close to the mouth of Port Ross, immediately to the south of the larger Enderby Island and off the north-eastern tip of the main Auckland Island.
 Ewing Island – on the LHS | |
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| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 50°31′43″S 166°18′14″E / 50.528557°S 166.303812°E |
| Archipelago | Auckland Islands |
| Area | 0.6 km2 (0.23 sq mi) |
| Length | 1.42 km (0.882 mi) |
| Width | 1.10 km (0.684 mi) |
| Administration | |
New Zealand | |
| Demographics | |
| Population | 0 |
Important Bird Area
editThe island is part of the Auckland Island group Important Bird Area (IBA), identified as such by BirdLife International because of the significance of the group as a breeding site for several species of seabirds, as well as the endemic Auckland shag, Auckland teal, Auckland rail and Auckland snipe.[1] Both red-crowned parakeets and yellow-crowned parakeets live on Ewing Island, making this the second southernmost location of living parrots.
See also
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References
edit- ^ BirdLife International. (2012). Important Bird Areas factsheet: Auckland Islands. Downloaded from "BirdLife International – conserving the world's birds". Archived from the original on 10 July 2007. Retrieved 29 March 2014. on 23 January 2012.
50°31′43″S 166°18′14″E / 50.528557°S 166.303812°E
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