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Chatham Island

British  

noun

  1. a former name for San Cristóbal

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According to Forest & Bird, the organisation that runs the competition, the hoiho secured a victory with 6,328 votes - ahead of the Karure Chatham Island black robin with more than 5,000 votes.

From BBC • Sep. 16, 2024

Around 800 people live on the larger Chatham Island, with 40 people living on Pitt Island.

From Reuters • Oct. 11, 2022

The Chatham Island stranding occurred on Saturday, and also involved surviving pilot whales being euthanised.

From Reuters • Oct. 11, 2022

According to the group’s oral history, Moriori traveled directly from Polynesia to Chatham Island and its surrounding islets almost a millennium ago.

From New York Times • Jan. 7, 2022

In the first part of the road we passed through leafless thickets, as in Chatham Island.

From The Voyage of the Beagle by Darwin, Charles