L'Esperance Rock, formerly known as French Rock and Brind Rock (named after William Brind), is the southernmost islet in the Kermadec Islands, to the north of New Zealand. It is south of Curtis Island and northeast of East Cape on New Zealand's North Island. The smaller L'Havre Rock lies to the north-west of L'Esperance; it is a reef that barely reaches the surface. L'Esperance Rock is in diameter with an area of . It rises to a height of .
Important Bird Area The island forms part of the Kermadec Islands Important Bird Area, identified as such by BirdLife International because it is an important site for nesting seabirds.BirdLife International. (2012). Important Bird Areas factsheet: Kermadec Islands. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 2012-02-03. It is the site of a substantial breeding colony of grey noddies. Masked boobies have also been recorded breeding there.Greene et al. (2004).
Flora As well as other plants, there is an endemic species on the rock, Senecio esperensis.
See also
2012 Kermadec Islands eruption and pumice raft New Zealand outlying islands List of islands of New Zealand List of islands Desert island
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