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Campbell Island group
The Campbell Island group (or Campbell Islands) is a group of subantarctic islands, belonging to New Zealand. It lies about 600 km south of Stewart Island. The group has a total area of , consisting of one big island, Campbell Island (), and several small islets, notably Dent Island (), Isle de Jeanette Marie (, Folly Island (or Folly Islands), Jacquemart Island (), and Monowai Island (also known as Lion Rock, ).〔()〕 Ecologically, they are part of the Antipodes Subantarctic Islands tundra ecoregion. The group is one of five subantarctic island groups collectively designated as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.〔(New Zealand Subantarctic Islands - UNESCO World Heritage Centre )〕
==Important Bird Area==
The whole Campbell Island group has been identified as an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International because of its significance as a breeding site for several species of seabirds as well as the endemic Campbell teal and Campbell snipe. The seabirds are southern rockhopper and yellow-eyed penguins, Antipodean, southern royal, light-mantled, black-browed, Campbell and grey-headed albatrosses, northern giant and white-chinned petrels, and the Campbell shag.〔BirdLife International. (2012). Important Bird Areas factsheet: Campbell Island (and outliers). Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 2012-01-22.〕
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