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Chapters: Phillip Island, Australia-france Marine Delimitation Agreement, Kingston, Norfolk Island, Norfolk Island National Park, Nepean Island, Burnt Pine, Mount Bates, Iso 3166-2:nf, List of Settlements in Norfolk Island. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 26. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Phillip Island is an uninhabited island located 6 km south of Norfolk Island in the Southwest Pacific, and part of the Norfolk Island group. It was named in 1788 by Lieutenant Philip Gidley King for Arthur Phillip, the first Governor of New South Wales. It is part of the Australian territory of Norfolk Island. It is included in Norfolk Island National Park, as is neighbouring Nepean Island, and about 10 per cent of Norfolk Island proper. Phillip Island has an area of 190 ha, measuring 2.1 km from west to east and 1.95 km from north to south, with the highest point, Jacky Jacky, 280 m above sea level. It is roughly shaped like a hairdryer with the nozzle pointing east. The island is of volcanic origin, made of basaltic tuff and lava dating from the Miocene epoch. Phillip Island is included on the Register of the National Estate. View across to the larger Phillip Island in the distance. In the foreground is the smaller Nepean IslandThe vegetation of Phillip Island was devastated due to the introduction, during Norfolk's penal colony era, of pest animals such as pigs, goats and rabbits. This caused massive erosion giving the island a reddish brown colour as viewed from Norfolk due to the absence of topsoil. However, the pigs and goats were removed during the early 20th century, and rabbits were exterminated by 1988. Since then, natural regeneration of native species and weeds, and remediation work by park staff, has brought some improvement to Phillip Island's environment. Reforestation is curre...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=8264494 ... Read more

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Chapters: Norfolk Island Airport, Mawson Peak, New Holland, Eastern States of Australia, Kingston, Norfolk Island, Horsburgh Island, Cocos Islands Airport, Norfolk Island National Park, Nepean Island, Flying Fish Cove, Anzac Peak, Burnt Pine, Southern Australia, Norfolk Island Province, a Directory of Important Wetlands in Australia, Australian Indian Ocean Territories, Mount Bates, West Island, Cocos Islands, Murray Hill, Christmas Island, Lake Nuga Nuga, Home Island, Poon Saan, List of Settlements on Christmas Island, Neil Turner Weir, Silver City, Christmas Island, List of Settlements in Norfolk Island, List of Settlements in the Cocos Islands, Bantam, Cocos Islands. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 65. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Norfolk Island Airport -The airstrip was built during World War II as a defensive measure to counter feared Japanese operations in the South Pacific. As Norfolk Island did not have enough flat ground, several bulldozers were used to knock the tops off of several hills, and fill in the valleys between them. Steel mesh was then used to make a solid surface. Initially used for bomber patrols and for a transport service to Bougainville Island, the airfield was never used as a major base and became a stopover for aircraft travelling between Australia, New Caledonia, New Zealand and the Solomon Islands. The Royal New Zealand Air Force left the airfield in July 1946. At the airfield was an air-sea rescue unit, a servicing section and a radar unit installation at Mount Bates. Norfolk Island Airport is an important transit and refueling point for light aircraft flying between Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands. 460 nautical miles / 852 km to the South East is Kaitaia Airport the most northerly airfield in New Zealand; 407 nautical miles / 75...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=3309584 ... Read more