Motutakapu
Motutakapu is a rugged islet in the Hauraki Gulf of New Zealand, lying some 5 km off the west coast of the Coromandel Peninsula. Only 120 m long by 60 m wide, it is home to a breeding colony of Australasian gannets and has been identified as an Important Bird Area by BirdLife International.[1] Surveys of breeding gannets there in the mid-20th century showed an increase from about 200 pairs in 1928 to 400 pairs in 1947,[2] while the BirdLife assessment was based on 1980-1981 surveys showing about 4500 pairs.[1]
See also
- Desert island
- List of islands
References
- ^ a b "Motutakapu". BirdLife data zone: Important Bird Areas. BirdLife International. 2012. Retrieved 12 November 2012.
- ^ Fleming CA, Wodzicki KA (1952). "A census of the Gannet (Sula serrator) in New Zealand" (PDF). Notornis. 5 (2): 39–78.
36°41′04″S 175°22′27″E / 36.68444°S 175.37417°E / -36.68444; 175.37417
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Thames-Coromandel District, New Zealand
Seat: Thames
- Cape Colville
- Colville
- Cooks Beach
- Coroglen
- Coromandel
- Hahei
- Hikuai
- Hikutaia
- Hot Water Beach
- Kauaeranga
- Kennedy Bay
- Kopu
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- Manaia
- Matarangi
- Matatoki
- Motutakapu
- New Chums Beach
- Ngarimu Bay
- Onemana
- Opoutere
- Otama Beach
- Pauanui
- Puriri
- Rings Beach
- Tairua
- Tapu
- Te Mata
- Te Puru
- Te Rerenga
- Thames
- Thornton Bay
- Waiomu
- Whangamata
- Whangapoua
- Whenuakite
- Whitianga
- Aldermen Islands
- Castle Island
- Mahurangi Island / Goat Island
- Mercury Islands
- Motueka Island / Pigeon Island
- Motukawao Islands
- Poikeke Island
- Slipper Island
- Whanganui Island
- Cape Colville
- Castle Rock
- Cathedral Cove / Te Whanganui-A-Hei
- Colville Channel
- Firth of Thames
- Hauraki Gulf
- Kauaeranga Valley
- Mercury Bay
- Moehau Range
- Thames Valley
- Whangapoua Harbour
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