Bounty Islands

The Bounty Islands (Māori: Moutere Hauriri; "Island of angry wind") are a small group of uninhabited granite islets and numerous rocks, with a combined area of circa 50 ha (120 acres) in the South Pacific Ocean.

In early 1866 Commander W. H. Norman of HMVS Victoria was tasked with determining more accurately their position.

[5] Captain George Palmer, during the search for the Matoaka, placed the islands at 47°46'24" South 178°56'45" East.

[10] A new Admiralty chart 1022 was issued for the area in 1888, which took into account survey work undertaken by the Hinemoa.

The northernmost of the Centre Group, Funnel Island, contains the chain's highest point, at 73 m (240 ft) above sea level.

[15] The islands are at the antipodes of Bouillé-Ménard, in France (Pays de la Loire).

[citation needed] The following table includes named islands according to Land Information New Zealand.

Pacificana cockayni spider from Proclamation Island (subadult male)
Mixed colony of Salvin's albatross and Erect-crested penguins on Proclamation Island . Note also a Fulmar prion on a rock near the center of the image.