Rabbit Island (New Zealand)
| Rabbit Island | |
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| Waters | Tasman Bay |
| Geographical location | 41 ° 16 '15 " S , 173 ° 8' 51" O |
| length | 8.4 km |
| width | 2 km |
| surface | 15 km² |
Rabbit Island ( German " Rabbit Island " ) is located in the southernmost part of Tasman Bay on the north side of the South Island of New Zealand . The long, narrow island extends over a length of 8 km in an east-west direction and is 15 km² in size. It is across from the mouth of the Waimea River , seven kilometers west of Richmond .
The island is a resort town for the residents of Motueka , Mapua , Wakefield , Brightwater , Richmond, Nelson, and Stoke . A bridge spans the tidal area between the island and the mainland. After the bridge there is a larger grassy area, after which the beaches begin. The island consists largely of large sand dunes overgrown by pine trees, the roots of which are exposed by hiking the dunes.
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Several islands are called this in New Zealand , but only one of them is more significant. The other Rabbit Islands are smaller than 1 km²:
- west of Kawau Island , north of Auckland ;
- off the east coast of the Coromandel Peninsula at Slipper Island
- south of Riverton in the Foveaux Strait
- north of Tauranga , on the coast in front of Mount Maunganui
- in Lake Wanaka