Broughton Island, New Zealand

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Broughton Iceland is the second largest island in the archipelago of islands belonging to New Zealand snare in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, some 200 km south of the South Island of New Zealand situated. The island is named after William Robert Broughton, a British naval officer and explorer of the snare Islands.

Geography

Broughton Iceland is located in the southeast of the snare Islands, just a few hundred meters south of North East Iceland, the largest island of the archipelago. The uninhabited island is about 1 km long, up to 0.5 km wide and has some steep coastal cliffs on. It reaches a height of up to 86 m above sea level, making it the second-highest island of the archipelago.