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Bruce Hayward · CC BY-SA 4.0
Landmark Oceania wonder

Rangitoto Island

1450 CE – still standing

Symmetrical shield volcano in New Zealand's Hauraki Gulf that erupted around 600 years ago, hosting the world's largest pohutukawa forest on its cooled lava fields.

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Rangitoto Island on Wikipedia.

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Who held this ground

Borders from dated snapshots, up to a century apart; precision varies.

Reconstruction

  1. Before it was built (3000 BCE–1400 CE)
  2. Māori (1492 CE–1500 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  3. Maoris (1530 CE–1600 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  4. Māori (1650 CE–1815 CE) Border precision: Defined
  5. New Zealand (UK) (1880 CE–1900 CE) Border precision: Defined
  6. New Zealand (1914 CE–2026 CE) Border precision: Defined
Border precision
  • Defined
  • Approximate

Elsewhere in Oceania at the time

Records whose own span overlaps this one, found by the same test the canvas draws with. The bar under each card is where it sits inside this one.

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Landmark · Oceania

Sydney

1788 CE – still standing

Polity · Oceania

Malaysian Islamic states

Attested 1492 CE – 1600 CE

Conflict · Oceania

Musket Wars

1807 CE – 1845 CE

Landmark · Oceania

Kingston and Arthur's Vale Historic Area

1788 CE – 1855 CE

Polity · Oceania

Papua New Guinea

Attested 1492 CE – 2026 CE

Conflict · Oceania

Wars of Majapahit

1293 CE – 1527 CE

Landmark · Oceania

Levuka

1820 CE – still standing

Polity · Oceania

New Zealand

Founded 1841 CE · attested to 2026 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1450 CE and 2026 CE.

1633 CE Ulun Danu Beratan 1788 CE Sydney 1807 CE Musket Wars 1807 CE New Zealand Musket Wars 1840 CE Auckland 1845 CE New Zealand Wars (Maori Wars)

And in the rest of the world

Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.

Taj Mahal Landmark · South Asia 1632 CE – still standing Tibet Polity · South Asia 1000 CE – 1960 CE Mesoamerican Trade Network Trade route · Americas 1200 BCE – 1521 CE World War I Conflict · Europe 1914 CE – 1918 CE Pachacuti Figure · Cusco, Tawantinsuyu (Inca Empire) 1418 CE – 1471 CE Christ the Redeemer Landmark · Americas 1931 CE – still standing
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