Macquarie Island 1987

Images from a visit to sub-Antarctic Macquarie Island aboard the Danish re-supply vessel MV Nella Dan in the summer of 1986/1987.

Macquarie Island is a part of the State of Tasmania and is one of two Australian sub-Antarctic possessions in the Southern Ocean.

It is situated about 1500 km south-south-east of Tasmania, about half way between Tasmania and Antarctica at around 55 degrees south. The main island is approximately 34 km long and 5.5 km wide at its broadest point.