Antipodes Islands

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)

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.

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

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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.

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To describe the penguins’ native Antipodes Islands and nearby Bounty Islands as harsh would be an understatement almost as severe as the landscape itself.

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The research team arrived at the Antipodes Islands in September 1998 and stayed through the breeding season until November.

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