Antipodes Islands

British  

plural noun

1. a group of small uninhabited islands in the South Pacific, southeast of and belonging to New Zealand. Area: 62 sq km (24 sq miles)

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Example Sentences

On the Antipodes Islands in the South Pacific, researchers observed a strange parenting move in erect-crested penguins — laying an egg that’s doomed to die.

From New York Times • Oct. 14, 2022

Erect-crested penguins in the harsh Antipodes Islands in the South Pacific lay an egg that’s doomed to die.

From New York Times • Oct. 14, 2022

Erect-crested penguins that inhabit the harsh Antipodes Islands in the South Pacific have a strange parenting move — laying an egg that’s doomed to die.

From New York Times • Oct. 13, 2022

In 1998, a team of researchers made the three-and-a-half day trek to the isolated Antipodes Islands in the South Pacific to study one of its few residents: the enigmatic and endangered, erect-crested penguin.

From New York Times • Oct. 12, 2022

Antipodes Islands, a group of small uninhabited islands in the South Pacific Ocean, about 460 miles S.E. by E. of New Zealand; so called from being nearly antipodal to Greenwich.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli by Various