Soldiers Cap, Admiralty Islands, Lord Howe Island Group, NSW

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Soldiers Cap, Admiralty Islands, Lord Howe Island Group, NSW
Soldiers Cap, Admiralty Islands, Lord Howe Island Group, NSW

This islet composed of volcanic lavaflows, and surrounded by a wavecut platform and hard coral reefs, is one of the Admiralty Islands located off the northern tip of Lord Howe Island in the Tasman Sea.

I have photographed Soldiers Cap from Malabar cliff tops on Lord Howe Island.

Inscribed on the World Heritage Register under the United Nations' World Heritage Convention as one of a group of islands which is refered to as the Lord Howe Island Group. This listing is in recognition of the group's superlative natural phenomena and rich terrestrial and marine biodiversity. It certainly is an outstanding example of an island ecosystem developed upon submarine volcanic activity.

The LHIG World Heritage Property covers an area of 146,300 hectares comprised of Lord Howe Island, the Admiralty Islands (Soldiers Cap islet, North Rocks, Tenth of June, South Island and Roach Island), Mutton Bird Island, Blackburn Island, Gower Island, Balls Pyramid and offshore islets) and 145,000 hectares of marine environment. Lord Howe Island, the largest of these islands, has an area of 1,455 hectares and is 11 km long and 2.8 km wide at its widest point.

The islands are part of the State of New South Wales and are managed by the Lord Howe Island Board. The majority of the marine areas on the World Heritage Property are protected by the Lord Howe Island Marine Park (LHIMP) which covers both NSW State Coastal Waters (within 3 nautical miles of land) and Australian Commonwealth Waters outside the 3 mile limit.

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