Chatham Island is by far the largest island of the Chatham Islands group. The island was named after the survey ship HMS Chatham which was the first European ship to locate the island in 1791. It is featured in the first and in the final chapter of Cloud Atlas, the 2004 novel by David Mitchell.
About Chatham Island in brief
Chatham Island is by far the largest island of the Chatham Islands group, in the south Pacific Ocean off the eastern coast of New Zealand’s South Island. The island was named after the survey ship HMS Chatham which was the first European ship to locate the island in 1791.
Chatham Island hosts the only known breeding populations of the endemic and critically endangered Magenta petrel. It is featured in the first and in the final chapter of Cloud Atlas, the 2004 novel by David Mitchell. The novel was adapted for screen.
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