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Disappointment Island () is one of seven uninhabited islands in the Auckland Islands archipelago. It is from the northwest end of Auckland Island and south of New Zealand. It is home to a colony of white-capped albatrosses. About 65,000 pairs - nearly the entire world population - nest there.〔(BBC - Science and Nature ).〕 Also on the island is the Auckland rail, endemic to the archipelago; once thought to be extinct, it was rediscovered in 1966.〔(Auckland Islands Rail ).〕 ==History== On 14 May 1866, the ''General Grant'', a full-rigged ship of 1,103 tons, crashed into the towering cliffs on the west coast of Auckland Island. Sixty-eight passengers died. Fifteen survivors made their way to the island, where they waited eighteen months for rescue.〔(GOLD, SUNKEN ). 'from ''An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand'', edited by A. H. McLintock, originally published in 1966. Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 18 September 2007.〕 On 7 March 1907, the ''Dundonald'', a steel, four-masted barque, sank after running ashore on the west side of Disappointment Island. Twelve men drowned and sixteen survivors waited seven months for rescue.〔(Wrecked on the Auckland Islands in 1907 ).〕 They survived on supplies from the castaway depot on Auckland Island.
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