Arrow Rock (New Zealand)
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| Waters | Tasman Bay , Tasman Sea | |
| Geographical location | 41 ° 16 ′ S , 173 ° 14 ′ E | |
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| Highest elevation | 7 m | |
| Residents | uninhabited | |
Arrow Rock (also Fifeshire rock ) is a small rocky island in the Tasman Bay belonging Nelson Harbor off the coast of Nelson . A narrow channel separates the island from Haulashore Island . Before Haulashore Island was created by the cut between it and the Boulder Bank , this was the entrance to Nelson Harbor.
The island got its official name from Arthur Wakefield on November 1, 1841, when his ship Arrow passed through the passage between the rock and Haulashore Island.
The island got its second name after the shipwreck of the immigrant ship Fifeshire on February 27, 1842. The barque had brought settlers to Nelson and drove under ballast with a pilot on board. Due to a sudden calm, she drifted on the rock with no drive on the way back. There were several more strandings and shipwrecks.
Access to Nelson Harbor was then only possible through this narrow passage between Arrow Rock and Haulashore Island, which was further restricted by an increasingly expanding sandbar . In order to save the harbor, a new approach, the "Cut", was dug, which was opened on July 30, 1906 and has since been protected from silting by regular dredging.
A few potted sharks live on the rock .