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Secretary Island is an island in southwestern New Zealand. it lies entirely within Fiordland National Park. Roughly triangular in shape, it lies between Doubtful Sound in the south and Thompson Sound in the north, with its west coast facing the Tasman Sea. Steeply sloped, it rises to nearly 1200 metres. The island is uninhabited, and covers 81 km².

The New Zealand Department of Conservation is engaged in a project to eradicate pests from the island, in order to help protect native species found on the island.

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Capital Wellington

Largest city Auckland
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Location Southland, New Zealand
Nearest city Te Anau, New Zealand
Coordinates
Area 12,500 km²
Established 1952

Governing body Department of Conservation

Fiordland National Park
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Doubtful Sound is a very large and naturally imposing fjord on the south west corner of New Zealand, close to the smaller but more accessible Milford Sound. It took second place after said Fiord as New Zealand's most famous tourism destination.
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Tasman Sea is the large body of water between Australia and New Zealand, some 2000 kilometres (1250 miles) across. It is a south-western segment of the South Pacific Ocean.
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The Department of Conservation (In Māori, Te Papa Atawhai), commonly known by its acronym, "DOC", is the state sector organisation of New Zealand which deals with the conservation of New Zealand’s natural and historic heritage.
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The ecological restoration of islands, or island restoration, is the application of the principles of ecological restoration to islands and island groups. Islands, due to their isolation, are home to many of the world's endemic species, as well as important breeding grounds
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geographic coordinate system enables every location on the earth to be specified by the three coordinates of a spherical coordinate system aligned with the spin axis of the Earth.
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