Macauley Island is a volcanic island in New Zealand's Kermadec Islands, approximately halfway between New Zealand's North Island and Tonga in the southwest Pacific Ocean.
Macauley Island is 3.06 km2 (1.181 sq mi) in area, including neighbouring Haszard Island, which is 220 m (722 ft) to the east and about 5 ha (12 acres) in area. Macauley's highest point is 238 m (781 ft) Mount Haszard, and it forms part of the rim of a caldera centred 8 km (5 mi) to the north-west, atop a large submarine volcano. The volcano's last eruption was in 4360 BC ± 200 years.
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