Whakaari / White Island
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Whakaari / White Island, also known as White Island or Whakaari, is an active andesite stratovolcano situated 48 km from the east coast of the North Island of New Zealand, in the Bay of Plenty. The is
Whakaari / White Island seen from the south
Main vent of Whakaari / White Island in 2000
View of the 2019 Whakaari / White Island eruption from Whakatane at 14:20, 9 minutes after the start of the eruption
Whakaari / White Island, 22 October 1844, from album of drawings compiled by T.E. Donne
Australasian gannet
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The Australasian gannet, also known as the Australian gannet or tākapu, is a large seabird of the booby and gannet family, Sulidae. Adults are mostly white, with black flight feathers at the wingtips
Whakaari / White Island
…of the Bay of Plenty Regional Council for regional council functions. Whakaari / White Island is one of New Zealand's main breeding colonies for Australasian gannets. Thousands of gannets come to the island each year to mate, raise chicks, and feed on the fish in the water around it. There is little vegetation on…
Gannet standing in Black Reef colony
Adult in flight, showing black markings on wings and tail
Juveniles have spotted brown plumage.
Breeding colony at Muriwai, New Zealand