Chatham Islands

American  

plural noun

1. a group of islands in the S Pacific, E of and belonging to New Zealand. 372 sq. mi. (963 sq. km).

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Chatham Islands British  

plural noun

1. a group of islands in the S Pacific Ocean, forming a county of South Island, New Zealand: consists of the main islands of Chatham, Pitt, and several rocky islets. Chief settlement: Waitangi. Pop: 609 (2006 est). Area: 963 sq km (372 sq miles)

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Example Sentences

The species was first described in 1874 after a lower jaw and two teeth were collected from New Zealand's Chatham Islands.

From BBC

"Further research by our lab is hoping to determine when and how mergansers diversified across the New Zealand region, including on the mainland, and Auckland and Chatham Islands."

From Science Daily

Grover said there is a lot of food for the whales around the Chatham Islands, and as they swim closer to land, they would quickly find themselves going from very deep to shallow water.

From Seattle Times

“We do not actively refloat whales on the Chatham Islands due to the risk of shark attack to humans and the whales themselves, so euthanasia was the kindest option,” said Dave Lundquist, a technical marine advisor for the conservation department.

From Seattle Times

Some archaeologists, however, argue that the Moriori descended from successive groups of Maori who traveled to the Chatham Islands from the New Zealand mainland, perhaps around the year 1500.

From New York Times