Macquarie Island Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
sub-Antarctic island of Australia
About Macquarie Island
Macquarie Island is home to a large variety of wildlife, including thousands of seals and millions of penguins, and has been designated aWorld Heritage site. It is a Tasmanian State Reserve and is managed by the Tasmanian Parks and Wildlife Service. It is Australia's Subantarctic jewel. Macquarie Island is about 1500 km south-southeast of mainlandTasmaniaand around 1200 km north of Antarctica. The Australian Antarctic Division research station is located at the northern end of the island. The island is 5 km wide at its widest point and 34 km long. The island's total area is about 128 km². Cold, wet and windy, the average winter temperature is about 3°C and the average summer temperature is 7°C. It is your classic, cold, bleak, windswept, Subantarctic island. The island has a population of
Macquarie Island Travel Guide Sections
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