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MACQUARIE , a See also:British See also:island in the See also:South Pacific Ocean, in 540 49' S. and 159° 49' E . It is about 20 M. See also:long, and covered with a grassy vegetation, with some trees or shrubs in the sheltered places which afford See also:food to a See also:parrot of the genus Cyanorhamphus, allied to those of the See also:Auckland Islands . Although it has no settled See also:population, Macquarie is constantly visited by sailors in quest of the See also:seals which abound in its See also:waters . |
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