Lord Howe Island Group

World Heritage

Australia

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These islands are outstanding examples of isolated oceanic islands, created by volcanic activity more than 2,000 metres below the seafloor, with spectacular topography and home to numerous endemic species, especially birds.

# Volcanic activity

# Endemic species

# Isolated ocean island

# 2000 meters deep

# Spectacular terrain

'Expedition to the South Seas, HMS Herald and steamship tender Torch' The Illustrated London News, 1...

Shopping centre on Ned's Beach Road

Island Trader on a fortnightly delivery from Port Macquarie

Lt Henry Lidgbird Ball, Commander of HMS Supply

Providence petrels on the summit of Mount Gower

Lord Howe Golf Course

Satellite image of the island north is up

The 1965 wreck of The Favourite in North Bay is a popular site

Bushwalking to Little Island (bottom right) – Mount Lidgbird track

Ball's Pyramid, 23 km (14 mi) southeast of the main island

The extinct white gallinule (Porphyrio albus). A drawing made in May 1788 by Arthur Bowes Smyth who ...

Lord Howe Island Maritime Museum and Information Centre

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Information extracted from Wikidata

coordinate location	Point(159.083333333 -31.55)
official website	http://www.lordhoweisland.info
Commons gallery	Lord Howe Island
page banner	http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lord%20Howe%20Island%20banner.jpg
native label	Lord Howe Island
length	11
elevation above sea level	59
area	14.6
width	2
geoshape	http://commons.wikimedia.org/data/main/Data:Australia/Lord+Howe+Island.map
category for maps	Category:Maps of Lord Howe Island
uses	4321260-8
country	Wet Tropics of Queensland - Component around Edmund Kennedy
instance of	island
located in the administrative territorial entity	Church of Chonchi
located in or next to body of water	Tasman Sea
locator map image	http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lord%20Howe%20Island.PNG
named as	Lord Howe Island (N.S.W.)
executive body	Lord Howe Island
location of creation	Lord Howe Island
male population	1244331
office held by head of the organization	http://g.co/kg/m/02m6g4
postal code	2898
Commons category	Lord Howe Island
local dialing code	0255
local dialing code	0265
time of discovery or invention	1788-02-17T00:00:00Z

population	382
determination method	Australian census 2016
applies to part	state suburb
point in time	2016-08-09T00:00:00Z
female population	191
determination method	Australian census 2016
applies to part	state suburb
point in time	2016-08-09T00:00:00Z
male population	192
determination method	Australian census 2016
applies to part	state suburb
point in time	2016-08-09T00:00:00Z
image	http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/LordHoweIslandFromKimsLookout.jpg
media legend	Lord Howe-øya. Utsikt fra Kim's Lookout mot fjellene Lidgbird og Gower