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Molesworth Station

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Molesworth Station

Air quality index

26Good
Coordinates-42.08°, 173.26°

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Overview

Molesworth Station is a high country cattle station. It is located behind the Inland Kaikōura Mountain range in the South Island's Marlborough District. It is New Zealand's largest farm, at over 1,800 square kilometres and supports the country's biggest herd of cattle. It also hosts government science programs, such as research into bovine tuberculosis and related research into possums. The station helps rabbit population reduction.

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History & geography

Geography

Latitude
-42.0848
Longitude
173.2597
Water area
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Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Climate

Air quality

US AQI — Good
26
PM2.5 (µg/m³)
0.9
PM10 (µg/m³)
1.6
Ozone (µg/m³)
49
NO₂ (µg/m³)
0.9

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

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Wildlife & biodiversity

Observations (last 5 yrs, 10 mi)
6,064
Distinct species (top 10)
10

Most-observed species

  • Common Chaffinch
    Fringilla coelebs Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
    447
  • Dunnock
    Prunella modularis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
    433
  • Gray Gerygone
    Gerygone igata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1830) · Aves
    427
  • Silver-eye
    Zosterops lateralis (Latham, 1802) · Aves
    407
  • Yellowhammer
    Emberiza citrinella Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
    397
  • Eurasian Blackbird
    Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
    317
  • Song Thrush
    Turdus philomelos C.L.Brehm, 1831 · Aves
    289
  • European Greenfinch
    Chloris chloris (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
    286

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Quakes ≥ 2.5 (25 yrs, 62 mi)
665
Largest magnitude
7.8
Largest event
2016-11-13

Most recent

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

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Sources

  • Wikipedia
  • Wikidata
  • Open-Meteo Air Quality (CAMS)
  • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
  • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)