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PRONUNCIATION OF ANTIPODES ISLANDS

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ANTIPODES ISLANDS

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Antipodes Islands is a noun.
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WHAT DOES ANTIPODES ISLANDS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Antipodes Islands

Antipodes Islands

The Antipodes Islands are inhospitable volcanic islands in subantarctic waters to the south of — and territorially part of — New Zealand. They lie 860 kilometres to the southeast of Stewart Island/Rakiura. The island group consists of one main island, Antipodes Island, of 20 km2 area, Bollons Island to the north, and numerous small islets and stacks. Ecologically, the islands are part of the Antipodes Subantarctic Islands tundra ecoregion. The islands are inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List, together with other subantarctic New Zealand islands. The island group is a nature reserve and there is no general public access.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ANTIPODES ISLANDS

Antipodean

WORDS THAT END LIKE ANTIPODES ISLANDS

British Virgin Islands
Caicos Islands
Cayman Islands
Cook Islands
Falkland Islands
Faroe Islands
hands
Highlands
Hollands
Islands
Keeling Islands
lands
Mariana Islands
Marshall Islands
Midlands
Netherlands
Northern Mariana Islands
Solomon Islands
the Netherlands
Turks and Caicos Islands
Virgin Islands

Synonyms and antonyms of Antipodes Islands in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «Antipodes Islands» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ANTIPODES ISLANDS

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Translator English - Chinese

拓地群岛
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Islas Antípodas
570 millions of speakers

English

Antipodes Islands
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

प्रतिलोम द्वीप
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

جزر النقائض
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Антиподов острова
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

antípodas Ilhas
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

এন্টিপড দ্বীপপুঞ্জ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Antipodes
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kepulauan Antipodes
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Antipoden-Inseln
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

アンティポディーズ諸島
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

대척 제도
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kapuloan Antipodes
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

antipodes đảo
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தீவுகள் தீவுகள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

एंटिपोड्स बेटे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Antipodes Adaları
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Antipodes Islands
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Wyspy antypody
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

антиподів острови
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

antipozi Islands
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αντίποδες Νησιά
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Antipodes Eilande
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

Antipodes Islands
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Antipodes Islands
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Antipodes Islands

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ANTIPODES ISLANDS»

The term «Antipodes Islands» is used very little and occupies the 179.181 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ANTIPODES ISLANDS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Antipodes Islands

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ANTIPODES ISLANDS»

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Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand
The Antipodes Islands are surrounded by waters colder than those about the other New Zealand islands. They lie close to the Subantarctic Front (Fig. 1) in a zone where surface water of relatively low temperature and salinity is driven ...
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Library of Congress Subject Headings
... (N.Y.) Robins Island (N.Y.) Roosevelt Island (New York, N.Y.) Squaw Island ( Ontario County, N.Y.) Tea Island (N.Y.) Thousand Islands (NY. and Ont.) —New Zealand NT Antipodes Island (N.Z.) Antipodes Islands (N.Z.) Auckland Islands (N .2 ...
Library of Congress. Cataloging Policy and Support Office, 2007
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The Antarctic Dictionary: A Complete Guide to Antarctic English
The Antipodes Islands. a small group of uninhabited islands at about 49°45'S. I78 °40'E. lie 870 km i540 milesl southeast of New Zealand. The islands and southeast England are more or less opposite each other on the globe. and they were ...
Bernadette Hince, 2000
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Conservation of Islands in the Southern Ocean: A Review of ...
Antipodes lslands ANTIPODES ISLANDS GENERAL INFORMATiON COUNTRY New Zealand GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION 49M1'S, 178'48'B in the South Pacific Ocean, 850 km south-east of the South lsland of New Zealand.
Malcolm R. Clark, Paul Richard Dingwall, 1985
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Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand
In C. Chilton (ed.), The Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand. Canterbury Philosophical Society. Wellington: Government Printer, pp. xiv-xxxv. CLARK, W. C. 1972. Pycnogonida of the Antipodes Islands. New Zealand Journal Marine Freshwater ...
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The Idea of the Antipodes: Place, People, and Voices
Afterword From Plato's purely mathematical vision of antipodes as globally opposite points, to Captain Henry Waterhouse's naming of the Penantipodes Islands in 1800 (later The Antipodes Islands), it might appear that the overall shape of the ...
Matthew Boyd Goldie, 2010
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Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand
Harvard University Station 27-1: 49°40'S, 178°53'E (102 m) Antipodes Islands. NZOI A701: 47°41'S, 179°23'E (159 m), near Bounty Islands; A734: 49°42'S, 178° 44.3'E (155 m), between Windward and Antipodes Islands; (Windward Island is a  ...
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Straight Through from London: The Antipodes and Bounty ...
Straight Through From London vividly details the history and natural history of the Antipodes and their tiny neighbours, the Bounty Islands.
Rowley Taylor, 2006
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New Lepidium (Brassicaceae) from New Zealand
To this recommended threat listing we suggest appending the following qualifiers 'DP' (Data Poor – to reflect uncertainty over the status of the species on the Antipodes Islands), 'EF' (Extreme Fluctuations – to reflect the wide population ...
Peter James De Lange, Peter Brian Heenan, G. J. Houliston, 2013
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New Zealand Wildlife: A Visitor's Guide
New Zealand breeding albatross species, breeding locations and status Great albatross Antipodean Northern royal Southern royal Mollymawks Campbell White -capped Chatham Buller's Grey-headed Salvin's Light-mantled Antipodes Islands , ...
Julian Fitter, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ANTIPODES ISLANDS»

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Travel review: New Zealand - Remotely interesting
Fortunately, the storms soon subside and we're able to explore our next stop, the Antipodes Islands, on a Zodiac tour. Here, waterfalls cascade ... «Yorkshire Evening Post, Jun 15»
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Where to see penguins: around the world in 17 species
Exploring such remote outposts as the Bounty and Antipodes islands will bring close encounters with the delightful erect-crested and ... «Telegraph.co.uk, May 15»
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Five years of Tory rule making you want to pack your bags? Here's …
The nearest landmass in the Pacific ocean is the Antipodes islands and if you're headed there you'd better brush on your penguin. If English is ... «Scottish Daily Record, May 15»
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U. researchers: Yellowstone 'supervolcano' has another, bigger …
"Waves from around the globe, like the Antipodes Islands on the other side of the Earth, send waves straight through to help us see what was ... «Salt Lake Tribune, Apr 15»
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It takes 38 minutes to fall through the centre of the Earth: Journey is …
For example, if a person fell from London to the Antipodes Islands - which are roughly the other side of the world - it would supposedly take that ... «Daily Mail, Mar 15»
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Five key questions to saving sea creatures
New reserves set up last year - including about 435,000ha of territory around the subantarctic Campbell Island, Antipodes Islands and Bounty ... «New Zealand Herald, Mar 15»
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Feelings of joy like no others
You are no longer scraping the bottom of the barrel, you have broken through it and are quickly digging to that spot near the Antipodes Islands ... «The Guardian, Feb 15»
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New Zealand: Cruising the sub-Antarctic islands
The next stop was a Zodiac tour of the Antipodes Islands. Here, the wildlife began to be worth the journey even for non-experts like me. «The Independent, Feb 15»
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Mouse eradication programme delayed by a year
The Antipodes Islands, of which Antipodes Island is the largest, are located 860 kilometres southeast of New Zealand and are part of National ... «The Southland Times, Jan 15»
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A cruise to New Zealand's far-flung islands: where the albatross is king
And yet as I drizzle wasabi over raw tuna, on board a ship somewhere south of the Antipodes Islands, I could swear that the Campbell Island ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jan 15»

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