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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 ...
Although the island had been known as the South Island for many years, in 2009 the New Zealand Geographic Board found that along with the North Island, the South Island had no official name. [9] After a public consultation, the board officially named the island South Island or Te Waipounamu in October 2013.
New Zealand (Auckland Region) 94: Maewo: 269: 104 Vanuatu (Penama Province) 95: Niue: 261.46: 100.95 Niue, state in free association with New Zealand: 96: Tongatapu: 260.48: 100.57 Tonga: 97: Rossel (Yela) 260: 100 Papua New Guinea (Milne Bay Province) 98: Nggela Sule: ca. 230: 89 Solomon Islands (Central Province) 99: Tabar: 218: 84 Papua New ...
This list includes all islands in the world larger than 1,000 km 2 (390 sq mi). For size and location reference, the four continental landmasses are also shown. Continental landmasses Continental landmasses are not usually classified as islands despite being completely surrounded by water. [Note 1] However, because the definition of continent varies between geographers, the Americas are ...
Other islands are significantly smaller in area. The three largest islands stretch 1,600 kilometres (990 miles) across latitudes 35° to 47° south. [2] 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]
Country / dependency % total Oceania area in km 2 (mi 2); 1 Australia 86.1%: 7,692,024 (2,969,907) 2 Papua New Guinea 5.2%: 462,840 (178,700) Western New Guinea (): 4 ...
The following table lists the largest islands of New Zealand proper by area. [Note 2] River delta islands such as Rakaia Island (25.7 km 2 (9.9 sq mi)), [8] Fereday Island, Rangitata Island, and Inch Clutha (approximately 15 km 2 (5.8 sq mi), 30 square kilometres (12 square miles), and 35 km 2 (14 sq mi) respectively) are omitted, as are temporary islands in braided river channels and tidal ...
The lake covers an area of 344 km 2 (133 sq mi), making it the second-largest lake by surface area in New Zealand (after Lake Taupō) and the largest in the South Island. It is the second largest lake in Australasia by fresh water volume. [2] The main body of the lake runs north-south, and is 65 km in length.