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C ampbell Islands are a group of islands 640 km from the South
Island,New Zealand.These are the few New Zealand's sub-Antarctic
islands available to tourists one more is Enderby Island in
Auckland Islands, tourists can visit also Macquarie Island
(Australia) in this region. Some 600 tourists are
allowed to visit Campbell Islands every year.
All sub-Antarctic islands offer dramatic scenery: incredibly
tall cliffs, rough seas, countless flowers and birds.
Campbell Island is not an exception it has this all with an
overplus. Island represents a remnant of ancient
volcano with impressive submerged valleys similar to fjords.
Island has the southernmost forest in this area of globe native
trees here rise up to 5 m height.
Vegetation on the island, in spite of the fact that this is
sub-Antarctic island, is very bright and lush. Especially
beautiful are the characteristic sub-Antarctic megaherb meadows.
In springtime these herbs are flowering
with enormous flowers, turning Campbell Island into one of the
most impressive natural meadows in the
world. Especially impressive plants are Ross lily (Bulbinella
rossii), Campbell Island Daisy
(Pleurophyllum speciosum) and Campbell Island Carrot (Anisotome
latifolia). Here even grow some
orchids. None of these plants is entirely endemic to Campbell
Island they grow also on Auckland Islands and
some more sub-Antarctic islands.
Campbell Teals (in captivity). Wikimedia Commons.
Public domain.
There are three endemic bird species:
Campbell Teal (Anas nesiotis). This is flightless duck
which was considered to be extinct until 1975 when was
discovered a small group of birds on nearby Dent Island.
Thanks to successful breeding the population of ducks
now is above 200.
Campbell Island Snipe (Coenocorypha aucklandica
perseverance) subspecies of Subantarctic Snipe,
endemic to Campbell Island. This is one of the least
known birds in the world, first sighted in 1997 on the
nearly inaccessible Jacquemart Island.
Campbell Island Shag (Phalacrocorax campbelli)
population of several thousand birds.
Here are living three species of penguins Eastern Rockhopper
Penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome filholi),
Erect-crested Penguin (Eudyptes sclateri) andYellow-eyed Penguin
(Megadyptes antipodes). Majority
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Campbell Teals (in captivity).Wikimedia Commons. Public
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of world's Southern Royal Albatrosses (Diomedea epomophora) more
than 8,000 pairs are breeding
here. These bright white birds have a wingspan up to 3 m.
Here live endemic land gastropods Pseudaneitea sorenseni, P.
campbellensis as well as endemic
freshwater midges, polychaetes, spiders.
Once the island had one of the densest rat populations but they
were eradicated in 2001 2003. This allows
gradual comeback of the original ecosystem.
Cliffs in the southern and western side of Campbell
Island are more than 300 m high.
Basalt columns in Perserverance Harbour
beautiful formations of basalt columns.
Falls of Penguin Stream western corner of
Campbell Island. Impressive fall over vertical seaside
cliff. Nearly permanent western winds catch up this fall
and water goes upwards. Falls end up in the middle of
penguin colony at the sea.
Megaherb meadows some of the few sub-Antarctic
megaherb meadows which are available to tourists. On
Campbell Island these meadows are located higher than
forests and shrubland.
Ranfurly's tree Camp Cove. A Sitka spruce planted
here in 1901 or 1902. This is considered to be the
loneliest tree in the world with some allowance, because other
trees here are up to 5 m tall. This tree is some
6 m tall.
Campbell Island Daisy.twiddleblat, Flickr / CC BY-SA 2.0
