Goat Island (Otago)
Goat Island (Otago) | ||
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Quarantine Island; Goat Island can be seen as a wooded hill behind the islet on the far right | ||
Waters | Pacific Ocean | |
Geographical location | 45 ° 49 '26 " S , 170 ° 37' 32" O | |
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length | 400 m | |
width | 150 m |
Goat Island is an island off the South Island of New Zealand in the Otago region . The island measures about 400 m in north-south direction and 150 m in east-west direction. It is located between Port Chalmers in the north and east and the larger Quarantine Island in the southeast in the middle of Otago Harbor .
Under the agreement with the Ngāi Tahu 1996 the island was given as part of the official name of the original Māori domain name Rangiriri , in German Mad sky .
The entire island has been registered as a historically valuable area with the New Zealand Historic Places Trust under number 7504 under the name Goat Island / Rangiriri Historic Area since 2001 .
Individual evidence
Goat Island (Otago) (English) In: Register of Historic Places. New Zealand Historic Places Trust.