Goat Island (Otago)

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Goat Island (Otago)
Quarantine Island; Goat Island can be seen as a wooded hill behind the islet on the far right
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 Coordinates: 45 ° 49 '26 "  S , 170 ° 37' 32"  O
Goat Island (Otago) (New Zealand)
Goat Island (Otago)
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.