See List of Antarctic and subantarctic islands. This is a list of Antarctic and subantarctic islands. Flying birds nest on the milder shores of the Peninsula and the subantarctic islands. For a list of them, see List of Antarctic and subantarctic islands. Another four species live on the subantarctic islands. The species has a circumantarctic distribution and occurs on many subantarctic islands. Breeding takes place on subantarctic islands and commences in early November. In addition, no trees survive on any of the subantarctic islands near the peninsula. The most notable examples are the megaherbs of New Zealand's subantarctic islands. There are also numerous smaller islands which extent into the subantarctic. There are also glaciers in the subantarctic. This is a list of glaciers in the subantarctic. It is part of the New Zealand subantarctic area. Subantarctic glaciers are, by definition, located on islands within the subantarctic region. Ecologically, they are part of the Antipodes Subantarctic Islands tundra ecoregion.