The Plaice to Know
One-off· New Zealand

Disappointment Island

Disappointment Island
Image via Wikimedia Commons

About Disappointment Island

Disappointment Island is one of seven uninhabited islands in the Auckland Islands archipelago, in New Zealand. It is 475 kilometres (295 mi) south of the country's main South Island and 8 kilometres (5 mi) from the northwest end of Auckland Island.

On the show · 4 mentions total

One of the first Westerners to land on the Disappointment Islands was John Byron, grandfather of Lord Byron and the man who discovered the Patagonian Giants.

from No Such Thing As Fluff Island · read transcript

View on Google Maps →Open in Wikipedia →

Coordinates: -50.6042, 165.9730

Thoughts on this place?

🐟 Reel me another one · ← Back to the map