Kermadec Islands

Kermadec Islands, a group of volcanic islands in the Pacific Ocean, 700 miles NE. from Auckland in New Zealand. It consists of four principal islands—Raoul or Sunday (7200 acres), Macaulay (756 acres), Curtis, and L'Esperance—and several smaller islands. A Mr Bell settled in 1878 on the islands, which in 1887 were declared part of New Zealand. The climate resembles that of New Zealand. The group was discovered in 1788, and annexed by Great Britain in 1886. See S. Percy Smith's Kermadec Islands (1887).