WHS+-+Macquarie+Island+(Australia)

The world heritage site is...... Heritage is our thing from the past, what goes on today, and what we pass on to future people. Our cultural and natural heritage are both unbeatable sources of life and inspiration. "Places as unique and diverse as the wilds of East Africa’s Serengeti, the Pyramids of Egypt, the Great Barrier Reef in Australia and the Baroque cathedrals of Latin America make up our world’s heritage". What makes the concept of World Heritage awesome is its universal application. World Heritage sites belong to all the people of the world, irrespective of the territory on which they are located. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) seeks to encourage the identification, protection and preservation of cultural and natural heritage around the world considered to be of outstanding value to humanity. The reason that unesco chose the maquarie island site.... NUESCO decided that the site provides an unique example of exposure of the ocean crust above the sea level and of geological evidence for sea-floor spreading, and is an exposure of the oceanic plate boundary between the Pacific and Australian/Indian plates, exposed with active faults and ongoing tectonic movements. //__**Q3**__// the reason that there is a world heritage sit is so that people ca learn the news about historic and amazing natural stuff .map of maquarie island
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the latitude and longitude of macquarie island are 54°30S, 158°57E

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frederick hasselbroough discovered the island by mistake in July 1810 when looking for new sealing grounds.He claimed Macquarie Island for britan and made it to the colony of new south wales in 1810. The island got its name afrom Colonel lachlan maqcuarie, Governor of New South Wales from 1810 to 1821. fabian gottieb von bellingshausen, who explored the area for alexander 1 of russia. produced the first map of Macquarie Island. He landed on the island on 28 November 1820, defined its geographical position and traded his rum and food for Macquarie Island's fauna with the sealers. Between 1810 to 1919, seals and then penguins were hunted almost to the point of extinction.