Disappointment Island is a REAL place! [3] They survived on supplies from the castaway depot on Auckland Island. The other islands are Adams Island (bottom of the map), Enderby Island, Ewing Island, Rose Island, Dundas Island, and Green Island (top right corner). They are time-consuming and back-breaking and I particularly love the ones that do not come with an instruction manual. Disappointment Island is one of seven uninhabited islands in the Auckland Islands archipelago, in New Zealand. The Disappointment Islands are a small group of coral islands, which includes the island of Tepoto and the atoll of Napuka. They are located towards the northeast, away from the main Tuamotu group. If you're familiar with TTNG's music, then this album stays true to their style. [6], The island is part of the Auckland Island group 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 as well as the endemic Auckland shag, Auckland teal, Auckland rail, and Auckland snipe. [4], The etymology of Disappointment Island is unclear; however, the naming of islands that lacked resources—such as the Disappointment Islands—may have been a contributing factor in its naming. The western Disappointment Islands, Tepoto and Napuka, were colonized by voyagers from the neighboring Tuamotus, but Puka-Puka was colonized by settlers from the Marquesas Islands, several hundred kilometres to the northeast. The first European to see these islands was Ferdinand Magellan in his 1520 expedition to the Philippines and the Spice Islands. Puka-Puka, 290 kilometres (180 mi) to their southeast, is often included in this subgroup. It’s good quality stuff. Twelve men drowned and sixteen survivors waited seven months for rescue. A new field. Compared to Auckland Island, Disappointment Island is small (284 ha) but it’s home to pretty much the world’s population of the white-capped albatross/mollymawk; no humans though. I spent two days on it with Google Map and Wikipedia open on my browser. The Disappointment Islands (French: Îles du Désappointement) are a subgroup of the Tuamotu Archipelago in French Polynesia. Coordinates: 14°10′S 141°16′W / 14.167°S 141.267°W / -14.167; -141.267. [2], On 7 March 1907, the Dundonald, a steel, four-masted barque, sank after running ashore on the west side of Disappointment Island. I don’t know if that makes sense to you but basically, you can kick this globe around and it won’t fall apart unless you really want it to. I love puzzles. It belongs to New Zealand and is part of what’s known as the New Zealand Subantarctic Islands. Yes, that’s the puzzle piece of where Desappointement Island is. The Disappointment Islands are sparsely populated. #itsafreakingglobe. Napuka (around 360 inhabitants) and Puka-puka (around 100 inhabitants) have an airport each. Disappointment Island is one of seven islands grouped under the Auckland Islands archipelago. Yes, there are two places in the world where sailors came to an island, felt disappointed with what they found and decided to warn future sailors to not go there by officiating the islands with the title “DISAPPOINTMENT”.