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Anchor Island or "Pukenui" (1380 ha) is an island in Dusky Sound, Fiordland National Park in the Southland district of New Zealand. The island has an elevation of 417 metres and is 2.5km from the New Zealand mainland. It is now used by the Department of Conservation as a safe haven for endangered birds like the South Island Wren, the Orange-fronted parakeet and the Kakapo. Dusky Sound is a fjord on the south west corner of New Zealand, in Fiordland National Park. ... Milford Sound: Mitre Peak, the mountain at left, rises 1692 meters above the Sound. ...   Categories: New Zealand-related stubs | Southland, New Zealand | Territorial Authorities of New Zealand ... Local government areas called districts are used, or have been used, in several countries. ... The or meter (see spelling differences) is a measure of length. ... There are several Department of Conservations: New Zealand Department of Conservation California Department of Conservation This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Binomial name Xenicus gilviventris Pelzeln, 1867 The South Island Wren, (Xenicus gilviventris), is a small New Zealand wren (family Acanthisittidae) endemic to South Island in New Zealand. ... Binomial name Cyanoramphus auriceps (Kuhl, 1820) Cyanoramphus malherbi Souancé, 1857 Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae (Sparrman, 1787) The three species of Kākāriki or New Zealand parakeets are the most common species of parakeet in the genus Cyanoramphus, family Psittacidae. ... Binomial name Strigops habroptilus Gray, 1845 The Kakapo (Māori: kākāpō, meaning night parrot), Strigops habroptilus (from the Greek strix, genitive strigos: owl and ops: face; and habros: soft, and ptilon: feather), also called owl parrot, is a species of nocturnal parrot endemic to New Zealand. ...


Coordinates: 45°45′S, 166°30′E Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...


 

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