Macquarie Island is in Australia. This sheet answers with open data: what the place is, where it sits at GPS precision and which notable attractions lie a few kilometers away.
Data sheet
What it is
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Country
Australia
Coordinates
54.6300 S, 158.8600 E
UNESCO World Heritage
Yes (site or site component)
Notability (sitelinks)
65
The 5 closest notable attractions
Attraction
Country
Distance (km)
New Zealand Subantarctic Islands
New Zealand
651.0
Te Wahipounamu
New Zealand
1,225.3
Tasmanian Wilderness
Australia
1,625.7
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
New Zealand
1,889.7
Tongariro National Park
New Zealand
2,123.1
The closest neighbor is New Zealand Subantarctic Islands, 651.0 km away in a straight line. The table above answers the question every itinerary starts with: what else is nearby?
The name in 3 languages
Português
Ilha Macquarie
English
Macquarie Island
Español
Isla Macquarie
Source and method
Source
Wikidata (CC0), snapshot of 2026-07-09
Distances
Haversine over 54.6300 S, 158.8600 E and the 2,000 attractions in the snapshot
Notability
Macquarie Island: 65 sitelinks; closest neighbor New Zealand Subantarctic Islands at 651.0 km