Auckland Islands

British  

plural noun

1. a group of six uninhabited islands, south of New Zealand. Area: 611 sq km (234 sq miles)

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Example Sentences

We noticed, too, that most of them were similar to the fish about the group of Lord Auckland Islands, in a latitude as low as fifty-one degrees south.

From The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 3 by Poe, Edgar Allan

Auckland Islands, a group of islands about 180 miles S. of New Zealand, discovered in 1806, and belonging to Britain.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis by Various

We have many a long league to go over before we can reach even the Auckland Islands; and I pray that the weather may continue fine till we get there.”

From The Voyages of the Ranger and Crusader And what befell their Passengers and Crews. by Kingston, William Henry Giles

Ask Shafto when he hopes to sight these Auckland Islands he talks of.

From The Voyages of the Ranger and Crusader And what befell their Passengers and Crews. by Kingston, William Henry Giles

“If the fine weather continues, as I hope it may, we can expect to reach the Auckland Islands in three or four days.”

From The Voyages of the Ranger and Crusader And what befell their Passengers and Crews. by Kingston, William Henry Giles