Bollons Island () is a small island in New Zealand's subantarctic Antipodes Islands group. It is the second largest island in the group behind Antipodes Island.
Geography The island is roughly crescent-shaped, and has an area of . It lies to the northeast of the group's main island, Antipodes Island, separated from it by a 1.2 kilometre wide strait. The smaller Archway Island lies immediately to the northwest of Bollons Island.
Bollons Island is dominated by a curved ridge running the length of the island, with a highest point above sea level. Cliffs surround the island on all sides except the west.
History The island is named after John Bollons, Master of the New Zealand Marine Department vessels, NZGSS Hinemoa and SS Tutanekai.
Important Bird Area The island is part of the Antipodes Islands Important Bird Area (IBA), identified as such by BirdLife International because of the significance of the group as a breeding site for several species of seabirds.BirdLife International. (2012). Important Bird Areas factsheet: Antipodes Islands. Downloaded from on 2012-01-27. It is home to the Reischek's parakeet (Cyanoramphus hochstetteri) and to the Antipodes parakeet (Cyanoramphus unicolor).
See also Composite Antarctic Gazetteer New Zealand Subantarctic Islands List of Antarctic and subantarctic islands#List of subantarctic islands List of islands of New Zealand SCAR Territorial claims in Antarctica
Further reading Taylor, Rowley, (2006) Straight Through from London, the Antipodes and Bounty Islands, New Zealand.Christchurch: Heritage Expeditions New Zealand Ltd. .
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