🌿 Lord Howe Island Group

Australia · Oceania · Natural · 31.57°S, 159.09°E

Lord Howe Island is an irregularly crescent-shaped volcanic remnant in the Tasman Sea between Australia and New Zealand, part of the Australian state of New South Wales. It lies 600 km directly east of mainland Port Macquarie, 780 km northeast of Sydney, and about 900 km southwest of Norfolk Island. It is about 10 km (6.2 mi) long and between 0.3 and 2.0 km wide with an area of 14.55 km2, though just 3.98 km2 of that comprise the low-lying developed part of the island. The island is named after Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe.

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Quick facts

Country	Australia
Continent / region	Oceania
List type	🌿 Natural heritage site
Coordinates (approx.)	31.57°S, 159.09°E · view on map

Lord Howe Island Group is a natural World Heritage site in Australia, in Oceania. For the living forecast of the area, open World Weather; the details of why Lord Howe Island Group was inscribed are described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

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