Motukawao Islands

{{Use New Zealand English|date=April 2024}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2017}} {{Infobox islands | name = Motukawao Islands | local_name = [[Māori language|Māori]]: Motukawao | native_name = | image_name = Motukawao.jpg | image_caption = Motukawao Islands and Hauraki Gulf from Amodeo Bay, near Colville. | image_size = | locator_map = | map_caption = | locator_map_size = | nickname = | location = [[Waikato]] region | coordinates = {{coord|36.690|S|175.400|E|source:dewiki|display=inline,title}} | archipelago = | total_islands = | major_islands = | area_km2 = | length_km = | width_km = | highest_mount = | elevation_m = | population = 0 | population_as_of = | density_km2 = | ethnic_groups = | country = [[New Zealand]] | additional_info = }}

'''The Motukawao Islands''' are the northernmost of several small groups of islands that lie in the [[Hauraki Gulf]] off the west coast of the [[Coromandel Peninsula]], New Zealand. They lie some {{convert|5|km|mi}} to the southwest of [[Colville, New Zealand|Colville]], and are uninhabited. The largest of the islands are Motuwi and Ngamotukaraka Islands; others include Moturua and Motukaramarama Islands.

Motukaramarama Island lies some {{convert|3.5|km}} off the coast and is uninhabited. It has been identified as an [[Important Bird Area]] by [[BirdLife International]] because it is a nesting site for about 3500 pairs of [[Australasian gannet]]s.<ref>BirdLife International. (2012). Important Bird Areas factsheet: Motukaramarama Island. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 2012-02-02.</ref>

==See also== {{Portal|Islands}} * [[List of islands of New Zealand]] * [[List of islands]] * [[Desert island]]

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[[Category:Uninhabited islands of New Zealand]] [[Category:Thames-Coromandel District]] [[Category:Islands of the Hauraki Gulf]] [[Category:Islands of Waikato]]