New ZealandNew Zealand Subantarctic IslandsIslandUNESCO World Heritage
Campbell Island / Motu Ihupuku
108 km² rising to 558 m out of the Pacific Ocean.
Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX (CC BY 4.0). Outline and points © OpenStreetMap contributors / Natural Earth. North up.
In numbers
108km²
Area
130km
Coastline
558m
Highest point
Mount Honey
0
People
9°C
Warmest sea
February
1,971km
To the mainland
When to go to Campbell Island / Motu Ihupuku
Good all year round.
The sea is warmest in February (9 °C) and coolest in August (7 °C). The water never reaches 21 °C: bring a wetsuit.
Averages 1991–2020. Sea: NOAA OISST, the water within 35 km of the coast. Air, rain and sun: NASA POWER. Best months weigh warm afternoons (23–30 °C), sea of 24 °C or more and few wet days.
Island in New Zealand
Campbell Island / Motu Ihupuku is an island in New Zealand. It belongs to New Zealand Subantarctic Islands. It covers 108 km², with 130 km of coastline. Its highest point, Mount Honey, rises to 558 m. Nobody lives on it. The nearest mainland is 1,971 km away. It is part of a UNESCO World Heritage site.
Getting there
- 1,971 km from the mainlanddistance to the nearest continental coast
Plan the trip
Ferries, stays and things to do
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On the island
What you find on Campbell Island / Motu Ihupuku.
- 5beachesSite of former whaling station (1920s) and 4 more
- 18named peaksMount Honey, Mount Paris, Yvon Villarcean Peak and 15 more
- 2waterfallsHoney Falls, Long Falls
- 2ruins and archaeological sitesOven of abandoned Farmstead (1900-1930s), Tucker Cove Coast Watching Station (1940s)
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit, inside the island's outline. A low number may only mean nobody has mapped it yet.
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Campbell Island / Motu Ihupuku in our other atlases
Everything Coastya, Peakyas, Lakeyas and Cascadyas know about what lies inside Campbell Island / Motu Ihupuku, each with its own numbers.
5beaches and covesCoastya
1lakeLakeyas
2waterfallsCascadyas
Largest lake
0.29km²
Six Foot Lake
according to Lakeyas
Beach with the warmest sea
9.2°C
Venus Bay
sea in the warmest month · according to Coastya
5 beaches
on Coastya, the beach atlas
- Venus Baycove9.2°C
- Tucker Covecove9.2°C
- Garden Covecove9.2°C
- Camp Covecove9.2°C
- Lookout Baycove9.2°C
1 lakes
on Lakeyas, the lake atlas
- Six Foot Lake0.29km²
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2 waterfalls
on Cascadyas, the waterfall atlas
- Honey Falls
- Long Falls
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The shape of the land.
On average the island stands 144 m above the sea. 74 % of it is below 200 m.
- 18 %0–50 m
- 56 %50–200 m
- 26 %200–500 m
- <1 %500–1,000 m
Share of the island's area in each altitude band, from the Copernicus DEM (30 m, read at 30–240 m on large islands).
Size, for real
Next to islands you may know.
10 km
All outlines drawn to the same scale (Natural Earth and OpenStreetMap).
Month by month
The weather on the island.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afternoon high (°C) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Night low (°C) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 8 |
| Sea (°C) | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 |
| Rain (mm) | 105 | 80 | 96 | 95 | 92 | 81 | 78 | 68 | 86 | 79 | 90 | 90 |
| Wet days | 20 | 18 | 21 | 19 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 18 |
| Sun h/day | 6.3 | 5.3 | 3.8 | 2.4 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 2.3 | 3.6 | 5.4 | 6.1 | 6.8 |
| Wind (km/h) | 35 | 36 | 36 | 39 | 38 | 39 | 38 | 36 | 38 | 39 | 36 | 34 |
Averages 1991–2020 for the ~55 km NASA POWER cell over the island; the sea from NOAA OISST.
Recent years
Warmer and cooler years at sea.
Each month's sea temperature compared with its 1991–2020 average, in degrees.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | +0.9 | +0.2 | +0.3 | +0.3 | +0.1 | +0.4 | +0.2 | +0.3 | +0.1 | ±0.0 | +0.1 | +0.1 |
| 2021 | +0.8 | +0.4 | +0.7 | +0.5 | +0.2 | +0.4 | +0.2 | +0.4 | +0.4 | +0.3 | +0.6 | +0.3 |
| 2022 | +0.4 | +0.2 | +0.5 | +0.5 | +0.7 | +0.7 | +0.4 | +0.2 | +0.3 | −0.1 | +0.2 | +0.3 |
| 2023 | +1.0 | +0.9 | +0.8 | +0.8 | +1.0 | +1.0 | +1.0 | +0.8 | +0.7 | +0.2 | +0.2 | −0.1 |
| 2024 | −0.1 | −0.1 | ±0.0 | +0.1 | +0.1 | +0.1 | +0.3 | +0.4 | +0.4 | +0.4 | +0.2 | ±0.0 |
| 2025 | +0.9 | +0.9 | +1.0 | +0.6 | +0.7 | +0.6 | +0.8 | +0.9 | +0.3 | +0.1 | +0.4 | +0.6 |
+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual
Photos
Seen by visitors.
Nearby
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About these numbers
| Names, area, population | Wikidata (Q3593036) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Outline | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Sea temperature | NOAA OISST v2.1 · 1991–2020 |
| Climate | NASA POWER · 1991–2020 |
| Relief, 3D model | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Beaches, ports, lighthouses, trails | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Towns | GeoNames · CC BY 4.0 |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Beaches, mountains, lakes and waterfalls | Coastya, Lakeyas, Cascadyas — Wikidata · CC0; © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0; NOAA OISST; HydroLAKES (Messager et al. 2016) · CC BY 4.0, LakeTEMP (Korver et al. 2024) · CC BY 4.0 |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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