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	MSN Encarta - Search Results - bounty
		Bounty (reward), reward or premium granted by law as an inducement to the performance of a service regarded as beneficial to the public.
		Bounty (vessel), name of a British merchant ship under the command of Captain William Bligh.
		The crew mutinied in 1789 near the Tonga Islands in the...
	ca.encarta.msn.com /bounty.html (89 words)

	New Zealand Yesteryears - Islands of NZ
		Islands forming part of New Zealand proper, situated between the parallels of Latitudes 43.40 and 44.30 South and the Longitudes 175.40 and 177.15 West.
		Chatham Islands is a county and the population is 520 of whom 290 are Maori (1952 figures).
		One of the larger islands was known to the Maoris as Te Taniwha ("The Dragon").
	www.geocities.com /nzyester/islands (1450 words)

	UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre - New Zealand Subantarctic Islands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The islands are distributed off the south and eastern coasts of New Zealand, the Antipodes Islands lying at a distance of 820km from South Island.
		The Snares and Bounty Island groups are formed of the basement granite and metamorphic rocks, while the three more southerly groups are basic volcanic structures dating from 25 million to less than 1 million years in age.
		The Bounty Islands were discovered by Europeans in 1788 and there was a rush of sealing expeditions in the early 19th Century but, by the 1830s, the seals were all but extinct.
	sea.unep-wcmc.org /sites/wh/subantar.htm (2414 words)

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		Although the islands were spread out over 142 miles of ocean from 29°10' to 31°30' south and from 171°45' to 179° west, d'Entrecastreux considered them as one group, which he named the "Kermadec Islands" after his second in command.
		The island is surrounded by kelp, a seaweed that tends to foul propellers and to wash ashore and rot.
		It is a round island with a maximum elevation of 9000 feet and an average annual temperature of 32.7°F. There are no natural harbors, and the wind seems to come from the wrong direction on all sides or, as a sailor would say, it has no lee side.
	www2.xlibris.com /bookstore/book_excerpt.asp?bookid=1535 (15958 words)

	Bounty Islands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Bounty Islands (47°42′S 179°04′E) are a small group of 13 islets and numerous rocks in the south Pacific Ocean which are territorially part of New Zealand.
		The group is uninhabited by humans, but heavily populated by penguins and albatrosses.
		The islands are at the antipodes of Bouillé-Ménard, in France (Pays-de-la-Loire).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bounty_Islands (180 words)

	B1.1 Where Is New Zealand?
		It is usual North)`-'7 to refer to the main islands as 'the Island (c` North Island' and 'the South Island'.
		Auckland Islands, Bounty Islands, Campbell Island, Kermadec Islands, Snares Islands.
		The Chatham Islands are well east of New Zealand (850kms) and have their own 'Time Zone' in as much as their clocks are always 45 mins ahead of the rest of NZ and I guess they keep in step with changes to and from NZDT.
	www.faqs.org /faqs/new-zealand-faq/section-10.html (686 words)

	Pacific Ocean
		The islands became internally self-governing in 1965 and are in ‘free association’ (dependency) with New Zealand.
		The Kermadec Islands north of New Zealand, the Chatham Islands (named after H.M.S. Chatham in 1791), Bounty Islands (named after H.M.S. Bounty in 1788), Antipodes Islands and Auckland Islands situated to the South and East of New Zealand are all territories of that country.
		The islands became a German protectorate in 1899 and were seized by British Empire troops on the outbreak of WWI in 1914.
	freespace.virgin.net /andrew.randall1/pacocean.htm (793 words)

	Terrestrial Ecoregions -- Antipodes Subantarctic Islands tundra (AA1101)
		Macquarie Island is geologically distinct and lies on the Indo-Australian and Pacific Plate boundary.
		Vegetation on the Bounty Islands is restricted to lichens and algae.
		The Macquarie Island population of southern elephant seals is intensively studied by the Antarctic Wildlife Research Unit at the University of Tasmania, and is known to be declining at about 2 percent per annum.
	www.worldwildlife.org /wildworld/profiles/terrestrial/aa/aa1101_full.html (2704 words)

	Pitcairn - 2005 Eclipse Tahiti
		Pitcairn island is home to approximately 50 people who are descended from six 18th century English seamen and their Tahitian wives or consorts.
		The Bounty was returning from a mission to collect breadfruit plants from Tahiti, for use as a potential food source on New World plantations.
		In the Bounty's library, Fletcher Christian searched the maps for a possible hiding place, and found a recently-charted island that was outside of the normal navigation paths of the time.
	www.astronomicaltours.net /2005Tahiti/Pitcairn.html (1365 words)

	ExpeditionTrips.com: Trip Details Page
		Summary: The Sub Antarctic Islands of New Zealand and Australia, the forgotten islands of the South Pacific, are the Galapagos of Antarctica.
		These islands can be numbered among the last unspoiled environments on Earth, they are home to a rich diversity of plants, seabirds and marine mammals, many of which are found nowhere else in the world.
		Antipodes Island is one of the most isolated, least known and rugged of the New Zealand’s Sub Antarctic Islands.
	www.expeditiontrips.com /search/trip.asp?tripid=1826 (1238 words)

	Difficult to reach candidates: Bounty Islands (47S45,179E01) and Auckland Islands (50S40, 166E20)
		There are yet a few places (islands) close to our utopian Circle: Bounty Islands (Islands with an s) is one of those (11km, pretty close distance to the Circle), but, I am afraid, with limited interest for holding a conference and a lunch.
		Bounty Islands were discovered by Captain William Bligh in 1788.
		Pic 6: sketch of Bounty and Antipode Islands coastline
	journals.aol.com /gabrielfr/Ultimate/entries/94 (566 words)

	Search Results for bounty - Encyclopædia Britannica
		English armed transport ship remembered for the mutiny of her crew on April 28, 1789, while she was under the command of Capt. William Bligh (q.v.).
		island of Fiji in the South Pacific, 400 miles (640 km) by sea-route north-northwest of Suva, the Fijian capital.
		capital and chief port of Saint Vincent Island of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, in the eastern Caribbean Sea.
	www.britannica.com /search?query=bounty&submit=Find&source=MWTEXT (334 words)

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		The 20 low islands are solid granite outcrops; the surface remnants of the submerged Bounty Plateau, their west coast pounded by the relentless storms and sweeping seas of the Southern Ocean.
		A diver was attacked by a shark at Campbell Island a few years ago — there are 20,000 seals on the Bountys — and there’s a reason you never see them all in the water at once,’ he said.
		The geological variety between the two archipelagoes is immediately evident; from the Bounty’s low granite outposts to the Antipode’s soaring larval cliffs, topped by matted peat and tussock.
	www.divenewzealand.com /articles.asp?sid=570 (1170 words)

	Bounty Island Sanctuary Resort - Fiji Islands
		Fiji's newest Eco Tourism resort.is the closest island resort to the mainland, located in the Mamanuca Group, less than 15 mins from Nadi International Airport, making it an ideal getaway from the mainland.
		The island offers 48 acres of untouched land with tropical gardens surrounded by golden sandy beaches, clear pristine waters and a marine reserve that provides spectacular snorkelling.
		Bring a crowd.Bounty Island is ideal for conference groups and group tours.
	www.fiji-bounty.com (227 words)

	MSN Encarta - Dictionary - Bounty Islands definition
		MSN Encarta - Dictionary - Bounty Islands definition
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		Boun·ty Is·lands group of 13 uninhabited islands in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, 668 km (415 mi) east of New Zealand.
	encarta.msn.com /dictionary_1861592113/Bounty_Islands.html (76 words)

	Pitcairn & Norfolk Island Genealogy
		The goal of the voyage was to obtain a large number of breadfruit plantings to be taken to the Caribbean where they would be transplanted to provide food for the slaves in those colonies.
		The descendants of the crewmembers of the Mutiny on the Bounty live in quite a few different corners of the world.
		In addition to the Pitcairners, and those of Bounty descent on Norfolk, many persons in Australia, New Zealand, England, the United States, and elsewhere claim descent from this historical event.
	www.lareau.org /genweb.html (384 words)

	Birding Downunder - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand and Australia
		For the privileged visitor to these restricted entry islands there is a sense of wonder, overwhelming space in uncluttered landscapes, the majesty of nature from the solitary soaring albatross, the colourful and often loud colonies of penguins to the splendour of a pink daisy-like Pleurophyllum Speciosum blooming in perfection.
		We depart the Auckland Islands in the mid afternoon and head south west to Macquarie Island.
		Antipodes Island is one of the most isolated and least known of the New Zealand’s Subantarctic Islands.
	www.great-adventures.com /know/deals/nz-birdingdownunder.html (2068 words)

	SubAntarctic Fungi, Slime Moulds and Beetles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		S ince Captain William Bligh first set eyes on the Bounty Islands in 1788, the subantarctic islands of New Zealand have been as mysterious as they are beautiful.
		The five island archipelagos (Bounty, Antipodes, Auckland, Campbell, and Snares) that lie 48 to 35 degrees S are rich in oceanic bird and mammal life, and in 1988 all were set aside for protection as World Heritage areas.
		Most knowledge about the assemblages of fungi and their associated beetles in terrestrial ecosystems, and the ecological roles they play in these ecosystems, has been derived from studies carried out in temperate regions of the world.
	www.landcareresearch.co.nz /research/biodiversity/antarctica (272 words)

	Adventure Associates \| Antarctica \| Subantarctic Islands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Sub Antarctic Islands of New Zealand and Australia, the forgotten islands of the South Pacific, are some of the most pristine and fascinating wildlife havens on the planet: Snares, Aucklands, Macquarie, Campbell, Antipodes, and Bounty Islands.
		These islands can be numbered among the last unspoilt environments on Earth, they are home to a rich diversity of plants, seabirds and marine mammals, many of which are found nowhere else in the world.
		The Sub Antarctic Islands of New Zealand are some of the most pristine and fascinating wildlife havens on the planet.
	www.adventureassociates.com /antarctica/subantarctica (264 words)

	Constancea 83.5: On the Identity of Chorda rimosa Montagne (Phaeophyceae)
		We examined herbarium specimens housed in WELT of this Adenocystis sp., collected at Penguin Island (Bounty Islands) and sent by W. Nelson, (Fig.
		Furthermore, morphological and structural characteristics of Adenocystis rimosa are very similar to those of Nelson's (1994) ‘Adenocystis sp.’ from the Bounty Islands, except the contorted aspect of ‘Chorda rimosa’.
		Ricker, R.W. Taxonomy and Biogeography of Macquarie Island Seaweeds.
	ucjeps.berkeley.edu /constancea/83/asensi_etal/chorda_rimosa.html (1989 words)

	Pitcairn Island Web Site: The home of the descendants of the Bounty Mutineers
		The Miscellany, Pitcairn Island's newspaper, is full of island news, stories of trips to Oeno and Henderson Island, monthly fish catch, ship arrivals, local gossip, birthdays, articles written by vistors, events and activities that have happened during each particular month.
		Pitcairn Island has a population of approximately 50 persons, give or take a few, of which 6 are the families of the pastor and schoolteacher from abroad.
		The Bibliography of HMS Bounty, William Bligh and Pitcairn Island
	www.lareau.org /pitc.html (2535 words)

	Ocean Adventures \| THE SUBANTARCTIC ISLANDS OF NEW ZEALAND & AUSTRALIA
		The Chatham Islands, the Bounty Islands, Antipodes Island, Campbell Island, the Auckland Islands and Snares Island are sovereign territories of New Zealand, while Macquarie Island is a territory of Australia.
		All the islands have been designated as nature reserves – the highest form of legal protection that can be given to a natural area by the governments of New Zealand and Australia.
		This specially extended itinerary provides the most comprehensive cruise around the subantarctic islands that is available and will allow participants to experience for themselves the full range of the wonderful birdlife, other aspects of natural history and scenery that these fascinating islands have to offer.
	www.oceanadventures.co.uk /antarticAust_OA_tour01.cfm (3190 words)

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		HMS Bounty was destroyed on the Pitcairn islands, January 1790.
		HMS Bounty continued south of New Zealand, naming a small group of nearby islands the Bounty Islands before arriving in Tahiti on 26 October 1788.
		The British were so impressed by their simple lifestyle that it was decided not to report the remaining HMS Bounty crew member for mutiny and trade was established between Pitcairn Island and passing ships.
	www.questacon.edu.au /html/assets/word/HMS_Bounty_s_Journey.doc (1036 words)

	Bounty Islands (New Zealand) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		On 9 September 1788, Captain William Bligh discovered the islands and named them for his ship, the "Bounty", and in 1870, British Captain George Palmer took possession of the islands for Queen Victoria.
		The Bounty Islands are made up of 22 small islets, the largest one not more than 1 km in size, and the rare erect-crested penguin breeds only here and on the Antipodes.
		The Bounty Islands are also the home of over 100,000 Salvin's albatrosses.
	www.70south.com /resources/islands/bounty (119 words)

	WINGS Birding Cruises: The Sub-Antarctic Islands of New Zealand and Australia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Each island group has its own character and its own avifauna – an incredible yet underappreciated divergence of life within a small area, akin to the more famous Galapagos Islands but dominated by seabirds.
		The relatively short at-sea transits between islands are never dull, with up to ten albatross species accompanying the boat as well as good numbers of many other tubenoses.
		Campbell Island is a magnificent island – rats have recently been removed successfully, which has meant encouraging increases in small bird numbers, most notably the New Zealand Pipit.
	www.wingsbirds.com /tours/subantarctic.htm (1513 words)

	GIN - Global Islands Network Island Links Directory - the number one source of information on Islands and Island issues
		Listed below is what we believe to be the most comprehensive directory of websites directly relating to specific islands and island groups currently available online.
		The directory is easily navigated, being categorised on two levels, first by geographic region and secondly by island or island group name.
		All websites listed here have been individually chosen based on their quality of content and appropriateness to the specific island(s) they represent.
	www.globalislands.net /links/islands/islands.php?mfxsr=4 (146 words)

	BIRDCHAT archives -- May 1995, week 1 (#3)
		The intention is to also spend a couple of days at sea, off the Chatham Islands chumming with sharks liver.
		Our ultimatum is to locate some of the worlds rarest seabirds such as: Magenta Petrel, Chatham Island Petrel, as well as some very enigmatic endemics: Chatham Island Albatross, Chatham Island Snipe, Shore Plover, Antipodes Island Parakeet and Erect Crested Penguin to name but a few.
		The intention is to depart from Dunedin in NZ for an eleven day voyage on the 2nd of December 1995 and head for the Chatham Islands via the Bounty and Antipodes Islands chumming all the way.
	listserv.arizona.edu /cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind9505a&L=birdchat&F=&S=&P=235 (278 words)

	New Zealand Sub-Antarctic Islands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The five island groups of the New Zealand subantarctic zone: the Snares, Bounty Islands, Antipodes Islands, Auckland Islands, and Campbell Islands
		The New Zealand Sub-Antarctic Islands consist of five island groups (the Snares, Bounty Islands, Antipodes Islands, Auckland Islands and Campbell Island) in the Southern Ocean south-east of New Zealand.
		The islands, lying between the Antarctic and Subtropical Convergences and the seas, have a high level of productivity, biodiversity, wildlife population densities and endemism among birds, plants and invertebrates.
	whc.unesco.org /sites/877.htm (191 words)

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