Rabbit Island, New Zealand
- Rabbit Island, New Zealand
Rabbit Island is the name of several different islands off the New Zealand coast.
The largest and best-known Rabbit Island lies across the southernmost part of Tasman Bay, at the top of New Zealand's South Island. The long narrow island runs east-west for eight kilometres, and covers 15 km².
It lies opposite the mouth of the Waimea River, seven kilometres to the west of Richmond.
It is a popular beach resort to the residents of Motueka, Wakefield, Brightwater, Richmond, Mapua, Stoke and Nelson itself. A medium-sized bridge spans a tidal area and joins the mainland to Rabbit Island itself. There is a large grassed area after this bridge and a Fire Hazard sign ("Keep it Green"). After this, the beach proper begins. Vast and mountainous sand dunes topped with masses of cone-bearing pines, with exposed roots, can be seen extending for impressive distances along the island.
Other islands with the same name
The other Rabbit Islands are smaller than 1 km². They are located:
# to the west of Kawau Island, north of Auckland;
# off the east coast of the Coromandel Peninsula, near Slipper Island; and
# south of Riverton, in Foveaux Strait
# north of Tauranga, on Mount Maunganui beaches coast
# inside the entrance to Blueskin Bay, north of Dunedin
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