New Zealand, an island country in the South Pacific Ocean, and a member of the Commonwealth of Nations. To the west, across about 1,100 miles (1,800 km) of the Tasman Sea, lies Australia; to the north are the islands of Melanesia and Polynesia; and to the south, Antarctica.
New Zealand consists mainly of three islands: the North Island, the South Island, and Stewart Island. The rest of New Zealand proper is made up of the Chatham Islands, Kermadec Islands, Campbell Island, and the uninhabited islands of Three Kings, Snares, Solander, Antipodes, Bounty, and Auckland. Island territories, not part of New Zealand proper, are the Tokelau and Cook Islands and Niue Island. New Zealand also claims Ross Dependency, an area in Antarctica.
The length of New Zealand, measured as a gentle curve from the northern tip of the North Island to the southern end of Stewart Island, is slightly more than 1,000 miles (1,600 km). Maximum width, from east to west, is about 220 miles (355 km). Because of coastal indentations, however, no point is more than 80 miles (130 km) from the sea. Cook Strait separates the North and the South islands; Foveaux Strait lies between the South Island and Stewart Island. Other coastal waters include Hauraki Gulf, the Bay of Plenty, and Hawke Bay off the North Island; Tasman Bay, Pegasus Bay, and Canterbury Bight off the South Island.
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