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Macquarie Island tourist information
Macquarie Island tourist information
Macquarie Island is home to a large variety of wildlife, including thousands of seals and millions of penguins, and has been designated a World Heritage site. It is a Tasmanian State Reserve and is managed by the Tasmanian Parks and Wildlife Service. It is Australia's Sub-Antarctic jewel.
Macquarie Island is about 1500km SSE of Tasmania (Australia) and around 1200km N of Antarctica. The Australian Antarctic Division research station is located at the north end of the island. The island is 5km wide at its widest point and 34km long. The island's total area is about 128 square km.
Cold, wet and windy. The average winter temperature is about 3 degrees C and the average summer temperature is 7 degrees C. It is your classic, cold, bleak, windswept, sub-antarctic island.
The island has a population of about 40 researchers and support staff during the summer. The population drops to about 20 during the winter.
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