Raoul Island (Sunday Island) is the largest and northernmost of the main Kermadec Islands, 900 km (560 mi) south south-west of 'Ata Island of Tonga and 1,100 km (680 mi) north north-east of New Zealand's North Island. It has been the source of vigorous volcanic activity during the past several thousand years that was dominated by dacitic explosive eruptions.
The area of the anvil-shaped island, including fringing islets and rocks mainly in the northeast, but also a few smaller ones in the southeast, is 29.38 km2 (11 sq mi). The highest elevation is Moumoukai Peak, at an elevation of 516 m (1,693 ft).
Although Raoul is the only island in the Kermadec group large enough to support settlement, it lacks a safe harbour, and landings from small boats can be made only in calm weather. The island consists of two mountainous areas, one with summits of 516 metres (1,693 ft) and 498 metres (1,634 ft), and the other with a summit of 465 metres (1,526 ft), the two separated by a depression which is the caldera of the Raoul volcano.
RaoulIsland (Sunday Island) is the largest and northernmost of the main Kermadec Islands, 900 km (560 mi) south south-west of 'Ata Island of Tonga and...
staffed RaoulIsland Station, the northernmost outpost of New Zealand. The islands are listed with the New Zealand outlying islands. The islands are an...
source identification and characterisation for the Canterbury Region, South Island, New Zealand" (PDF). Bulletin of the New Zealand Society for Earthquake...
Islands Chatham Islands Chatham Island Pitt Island d'Urville Island Great Barrier Island Kapiti Island Kermadec Islands Macauley IslandRaoulIsland North...
Raoul is a French variant of the male given name Ralph or Rudolph, and a cognate of Raul. Raoul may also refer to: Raoul André (1916–1992), French director...
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epicentres were located southeast of RaoulIsland in the Kermadec Islands, part of the New Zealand outlying islands. The main magnitude 8.1 earthquake was...
lost many or all of their species. RaoulIsland, a New Zealand territory and the main island of the Kermadec Islands, may also have once had a species...
Napier Island. Nugent Island has a small island on the NW side with a narrow passage between. It is one of a group of islands to the north-east of Raoul Island...
outlying islands are: The islands are all uninhabited except the Chatham Islands. There is a staffed meteorological station on RaoulIsland of the Kermadec...
circumstantial evidence. RaoulIsland scrubfowl, Megapodius sp. (Raoul, Kermadec Islands, 1876) A megapode is said to have inhabited RaoulIsland until the population...
vegetation. The island is part of a protected area. Macauley Island is in the Kermadec Islands, 109 kilometres (68 mi) south-southwest of RaoulIsland and roughly...
Ian E.M. Smith, and Simon Nathan. () New Zealand's volcanoes: Kermadec Islands Archived 2010-05-22 at the Wayback Machine. Volcanic Hazards Working Group...
estimated area of 26,000 square kilometres (10,000 sq mi) was observed near RaoulIsland, north-east of New Zealand by the Royal New Zealand Navy. A possible...
eruptions - eruptive history, info / VolcanoDiscovery". "INHABITANTS OF ISLAND ALL KILLED BY VOLCANO:; The 150 Japanese Residents of Torishima Dead – Eruption...
Island Pagan (island) Pingelap Pitcairn Islands Pukapuka RaoulIsland Rapa Iti Robinson Crusoe Island St. George Island (Alaska) Semisopochnoi Island...
Green Globe Conference declaration. Rats successfully eradicated from RaoulIsland. 20 January — Two Czech visitors fined for plant smuggling. 8 February...
rare elsewhere on the island. In the Kermadec Islands part of its range it is not threatened, but it only occurs on RaoulIsland. Following the successful...
Island, Réunion, Hahajima, Okinawa Island, RaoulIsland, Herekopare Island, Stewart Island, Macquarie Island, Galápagos Islands, San Clemente Island,...
Kermadec Islands, about 1,000 km (620 mi) northeast of Auckland. Since 1937, the islands are uninhabited except for about six people at RaoulIsland station...
RaoulIsland on June 23 at a depth of 20.0 km (12.4 mi). A magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck New Zealand 83 km (52 mi) south southeast of RaoulIsland on...
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