Lord Howe Island
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Lord Howe Island is an irregularly crescent-shaped volcanic remnant in the Tasman Sea between Australia and New Zealand, part of the Australian state of New South Wales. It lies 600 km directly east o
A silhouette of Lieutenant Henry Lidgbird Ball, the commander of HMS Supply
The extinct white swamphen, 1788 watercolour by Arthur Bowes Smyth
Lord Howe Island Maritime Museum and Information Centre
"Expedition to the South Seas: HMS Herald and steamship tender Torch" The Illustrated London News, 15 May 1852
Ball's Pyramid
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Ball's Pyramid is an uninhabited islet in the Pacific Ocean located 20 kilometres southeast of Lord Howe Island, between Australia and New Zealand. The steep rocky basalt outcrop is the eroded plug of
Lord Howe Island
…Island Group comprises 28 islands, islets, and rocks. Apart from Lord Howe Island itself, the most notable of these is the volcanic and uninhabited Ball's Pyramid about 23 km (14 mi; 12 nmi) to the southeast of Howe. To the north lies the Admiralty Group, a cluster of seven uninhabited islets. The first reported…
Ball's Pyramid seen from the surrounding waters
Illustration of Ball's Pyramid (on the farthest left) that accompanied Arthur Phillip's description
A closer view of the island