The dog is so cute with the smile.
Sent: 22/4/2016
Arrived: 9/5/2016
Macquarie Island
UNESCO site
Date of Insscription: 1997
Brief synthesis
Macquarie Island lies almost 1,500 kilometres to the
southeast of Tasmania, about half-way between Australia and Antarctica. The
property includes Macquarie Island, Judge and Clerk Islets 11 kilometres to the
north, the Bishop and Clerk Islets 37 kilometres to the south, rocks, reefs and
the surrounding waters to a distance of 12 nautical miles. The main island is
approximately 34 kilometres long and 5.5 kilometres wide at its broadest point,
covering an area of approximately 12,785 hectares. The property covers an area
of 557,280 hectares.
Macquarie Island has outstanding universal value for two
reasons. First, it provides a unique opportunity to study, in detail,
geological features and processes of oceanic crust formation and plate boundary
dynamics, as it is only place on earth where rocks from the earth’s mantle (6
kilometres below the ocean floor) are being actively exposed above sea level.
These unique exposures include excellent examples of pillow basalts and other
extrusive rocks. Second, its remote and windswept landscape of steep
escarpments, lakes, and dramatic changes in vegetation provides an outstanding
spectacle of wild, natural beauty complemented by vast congregations of
wildlife including penguins and seals.
Source: unesco.org
Thank you so much Xue!
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