{"id":125825,"date":"2026-09-23T13:57:55","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T08:27:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=125825"},"modified":"2026-09-23T13:57:55","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T08:27:55","slug":"lord-howe-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/lord-howe-island\/","title":{"rendered":"Lord Howe Island"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Lord Howe Island Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A 16-year study from Lord Howe Island found record levels of plastic ingestion in fledgling sable shearwaters.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Lord Howe Island<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>crescent-shaped, volcanic island<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Location:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0 It is located about 650 kilometres off <\/span><b>Australia&#8217;s east coast in the <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/australia\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tasman Sea<\/a>.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Discovered By:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The Island was discovered in 1788 and named for <\/span><b>Admiral Lord Howe<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by Lieutenant Henry Lidgbird Ball of the British navy.<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Geographical Features<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Peaks:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The island has two peaks (Mounts Gower and Lidgbird), each rising above 2,500 feet (760 metres) at its southern end.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has the most <\/span><b>southerly coral reef<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the world.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Flora and Fauna<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">About 47% of the island&#8217;s vascular plants are endemic, including the famous Kentia Palm (Howea forsteriana).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has endemic species like the <\/span><b>Lord Howe Island Phasmid<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which is considered the world\u2019s largest stick insect, and the flightless <\/span><b>Lord Howe Woodhen<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Gallirallis sylvestris).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It hosts the world\u2019s <\/span><b>largest known population of sable shearwaters,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with an estimated 22,000 breeding pairs.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Lord Howe Island Group is a <\/span><b>UNESCO World Heritage Site<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that boasts countless unique plants and animals, many of which are endemic to the region.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.downtoearth.org.in\/wildlife-biodiversity\/seabird-chick-found-with-almost-900-plastic-pieces-in-stomach-setting-new-pollution-record\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">DTE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lord Howe Island is located about 650 kilometres off Australia&#8217;s east coast in the Tasman Sea. 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