page_title: Disappointment Island
hierarchical_section_title: Disappointment Island
caption_attribution_description: A map showing some of the outlying islands of New Zealand, including the Chatham Islands, Bounty Islands, Snares Islands, Antipodes Islands, Auckland Islands, and Campbell Islands, as well as Australia's Macquarie Island. Generated using GMT.
context_page_description: Disappointment Island is one of seven uninhabited islands in the Auckland Islands archipelago, in New Zealand. It is 475 kilometres south of the country's main South Island and 8 kilometres from the northwest end of Auckland Island. It is home to a large colony of white-capped albatrosses: about 65,000 pairs – nearly the entire world's population – nest there. Also on the island is the Auckland rail, endemic to the archipelago; once thought to be extinct, it was rediscovered in 1966.
context_section_description: Disappointment Island is one of seven uninhabited islands in the Auckland Islands archipelago, in New Zealand. It is 475 kilometres (295 mi) south of the country's main South Island and 8 kilometres (5 mi) from the northwest end of Auckland Island. It is home to a large colony of white-capped albatrosses: about 65,000 pairs – nearly the entire world's population – nest there. Also on the island is the Auckland rail, endemic to the archipelago; once thought to be extinct, it was rediscovered in 1966.
caption: Position of the Auckland Islands relative to New Zealand and other outlying islands
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