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The southernmost settlement in New Zealand is Oban, on Stewart Island, although there is a meteorological station on Campbell Island, though this is no longer permanently staffed since 1995. The southernmost town in New Zealand with a population over 1000 is Bluff. New Zealand's southernmost city is Invercargill - also its westernmost city.
Aoraki / Mount Cook is the highest point in New Zealand, at 3,724 metres. The South Island is the largest landmass of New Zealand. It is divided along its length by the Southern Alps. [97] There are 18 peaks over 3,000 metres (9,800 ft), the highest of which is Aoraki / Mount Cook at 3,724 metres (12,218 ft). [98]
New Zealand is the sixth-largest island country in the world, with a land size of 268,680 km 2 (103,740 sq mi). [3] New Zealand's landscapes range from the fiord-like sounds of the southwest to the sandy beaches of the subtropical Far North.
A true-colour image of the South Island, after a powerful winter storm swept across New Zealand on 12 June 2006 Lake Ōhau Aoraki / Mount Cook is the tallest mountain in New Zealand. The South Island , with an area of 150,437 km 2 (58,084 sq mi), [ 1 ] is the largest landmass of New Zealand; it contains about one-quarter of the New Zealand ...
Aoraki / Mount Cook, located in New Zealand's South Island, is the highest point in the country. The following are lists of mountains in New Zealand [a] ordered by height. . Names, heights, topographic prominence and isolation, and coordinates were extracted from the official Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) Topo50 topographic maps at the interactive topographic map of New Zealand
Tasman Bay (Māori: Te Tai-o-Aorere; officially Tasman Bay / Te Tai-o-Aorere), originally known in English as Blind Bay, is a large V-shaped bay at the north end of New Zealand's South Island. Located in the centre of the island's northern coast, it stretches along 120 kilometres (75 mi) of coastline and is 70 kilometres (43 mi) across at its ...
Surville Cliffs, from the North West. Hikurua / de Surville Cliffs is the northernmost point of the mainland of New Zealand, located at the tip of North Cape. In the past the cliffs have sometimes been referred to as Kerr Point but true Kerr Point lies a short distance away at the western end of North Cape.
Whangārei Harbour stretches approximately 23 km north-west from Whangārei Heads to its farthest point inland at the town basin in Whangārei central. At its widest point it is approximately 6 km wide, between Parua Bay and Takahiwai, near One Tree Point. [4] Railway bridge over the Hatea River at Port Whangārei in 1923