Judge and Clerk Islets

{{Short description|Two small islands in vicinity of Macquarie Island, Australia}}

{{Use Australian English|date=August 2019}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}

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| name = Judge and Clerk Islets

| image_name = View of Judge and Clerk Islands from 1950 nautical chart (cropped).jpg

| image_caption = Drawing on nautical chart of 1950

| map = Oceania

| map_caption = Location in the Southwestern Pacific Ocean

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| location = Southwestern Pacific Ocean

| coordinates = {{coord|54|21|S|159|00|E}}

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| area_ha = 20

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| population = uninhabited

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| country = Australia

| country_admin_divisions_title = State

| country_admin_divisions = Tasmania

| country_admin_divisions_title_1 = LGA

| country_admin_divisions_1 = Huon Valley Council

| timezone1 = AEST

| utc_offset1 = +10:00

| timezone1_DST = AEDT

| utc_offset1_DST = +11:00

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| designation1 = WHS

| designation1_date = 1997 (21st session)

| designation1_type = Natural

| designation1_criteria = vii, viii

| designation1_number = [https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/629 629]

| designation1_free1name = Region

| designation1_free1value = Asia-Pacific

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The Judge and Clerk Islets are small islands, with a total land and reef area of no more than {{convert|20|ha}}, lying {{convert|11|km}} north of Macquarie Island in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. They are, with Macquarie Island, part of Tasmania, Australia.{{cite web |url=http://www.parks.tas.gov.au/macquarie/macqis.html |work=Parks and Wildlife Tasmania |title=Macquarie Island World Heritage Area |access-date=9 December 2009 |archive-date=21 July 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080721050342/http://www.parks.tas.gov.au/macquarie/macqis.html |url-status=dead }} They are in the Macquarie Island Nature Reserve and were inscribed in 1997 on the UNESCO World Heritage Area,{{cite web |url=https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/629 |title=Macquarie Island |work=World Heritage List |publisher=UNESCO |date=1997 |access-date=8 July 2016}} and form a Special Management Area within the nature reserve. They are very infrequently visited and are free of introduced animals and plants.{{cite book|author=Parks and Wildlife Service |year=2006 |title=Macquarie Island Nature Reserve and World Heritage Area Management Plan |work=Parks and Wildlife Service, Department of Tourism, Arts and the Environment |publisher=Tasmanian Government |location=Hobart |isbn=978-0724-664-054 |url=http://www1.parks.tas.gov.au/publications/tech/macquarie/macquarie.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080721112558/http://www.parks.tas.gov.au/publications/tech/macquarie/macquarie.pdf |archive-date=2008-07-21 }}