... gigantic body of ocean. In April 1769, Cook reached the latitude of Tahiti. Knowing he was somewhere east of the island, Cook set his coarse directly westward. Tahiti was sited on April 13, 1769, well ahead of schedule. Two years previous, Wallis reached the ... subsequently given a different honor; Cook named a promontory near the landfall for him: Young Nick's Head. The Endeavor had reached the coast of the northern island of New Zealand, not seen by the Europeans since Tasman's journey one 127 years earlier. The next night Banks excitedly declared that the landfall was certainly ... ...

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... , driest, highest, farthest and the most mysterious of all the continents roughly centered around the South Pole. It is the fifth largest and highest continent on earth. It is an island continent, which is almost completely covered by ice and surrounds by ocean from all sides. Its area is 14-million sq. km., which is equivalent to India & China put together ... -75 crossed the Antarctic circle at 66.5 degrees three times & one time reached the farthest point at 71.2 degrees, which is 1200 km from the South Pole . He discovered same island but no land inside the Antarctic region. Getting h...

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... Geographic coordinates: 27 00 S, 133 00 E Map references: Oceania Area: total: 7,686,850 sq km land: 7,617,930 sq km water: 68,920 sq km note: includes Lord Howe Island and Macquarie Island Area - comparative: slightly smaller than the US Land boundaries: 0 km Coastline: 25,760 km Maritime claims: contiguous zone: 24 nm continental shelf: 200 nm or to the edge of ... 00 S, 174 00 E Map references: Oceania Area: total: 268,680 sq km land: 268,670 sq km water: 10 sq km note: includes Antipodes Islands, Auckland Islands, Bounty Islands, Campbell Island, Chatham Islands, and Kermadec Island...

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... New Guinea of South East Asian and above New Zealand. "Australia is also the only continent that is governed as a single country. It is sometimes informally referred to as an 'island' continent, surrounded by oceans ". Between Australia and Asian is Arafura Sea and Timor Sea. The total area of mainland Australia is about 7.69 million square kilometers, the biggest ... island but smallest continent in the world, according to www.australia.com. It is also the 6th largest country in the world after Russia, Canada, China, the United States and Brazil. ... ...

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... , the Queensland government had passed the Coast Islands Declaratory Act, which stated that the islands in the Torres Strait, where Murray Island is situated, were a part of Queensland. However, Mabo acknowledged that the Crown became the absolute owner of the Murray Island, but sought a declaration by the High Court that Queensland rule over the Murray Islands was subject to "prior rights" to ... ...

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... falls off to the north and south but is still impressive as far north as Veracruz and as far south as southern Brazil. BIOTA. South America was isolated as an island for long periods in the past. Much of its recent biota evolved during this long isolation, thus the rain-forest components are more different from those in Africa and Asia ... ...

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... with snake invasions in other places. Other snakes can cause similar ecological problems while trying to find their niche in a new environment. Any snake that is introduced to an oceanic island will be largely free of predators since there aren't many big animals. Therefore, there would be no significant source of early mortality and they will quickly increase exponentially. After a period ... ...

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