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Both the Banks Track Three Day Classic Walk and Banks Track Two Day Hikers Option start and end in Akaroa and reached a maximum altitude of 699 metres (2,293 ft) at Trig GG, traversing a rugged coastline, forests, bush, pastures, and the Hinewai Reserve. The track sections are: Onuku Farm (outside Akaroa) to Flea Bay Cottage (11 km)
Banks Peninsula (Māori: Te Pātaka o Rākaihautū) is a peninsula of volcanic origin on the east coast of the South Island of New Zealand. It has an area of approximately 1,200 square kilometres (450 sq mi) [ 1 ] and encompasses two large harbours and many smaller bays and coves.
The Banks–Vernonia State Trail is a paved rail trail and state park in northwest Oregon in the United States. It runs for 21 miles (34 km), primarily north–south, between the towns of Vernonia in Columbia County and Banks in Washington County on an abandoned railroad bed. [2] Banks is about 25 miles (40 km) west of Portland.
A model of the Banks Peninsula (vertically exaggerated); the Port Hills are the volcanic ridge on the left. The volcano is one of two from which Banks Peninsula was originally formed 12 million years ago. [2] The area was first populated by Māori during the 14th century. During early European settlement some 500 years later the Port Hills ...
The promenade plantée ("walk with trees") (4.5 km) in the 12th arrondissement of Paris, France; built on the former railway line between Bastille area and the eastern suburbs of Paris (1859 - 1969) Coulée verte (" green belt ") (29 km), on the former railway lines from Amiens and Beauvais (43 km), opened for the traffic between 1874 and 1972 ...
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Lyttelton Harbour / Whakaraupō Lyttelton Harbour / Whakaraupō as viewed from near the Sign of the Bellbird Lyttelton Harbour / Whakaraupō Location of Lyttelton Harbour / Whakaraupō in New Zealand Location Banks Peninsula, South Island, New Zealand Coordinates 43°36′54″S 172°43′48″E / 43.615°S 172.730°E / -43.615; 172.730 (Whakaraupō) River sources Te Rapu ...
Bodie Island (/ ˈ b ɒ d i / BAH-dee) is a long, narrow barrier peninsula that forms the northernmost portion of the Outer Banks.The land that is most commonly referred to as Bodie Island was at one time a true island, but in 1811 Roanoke Inlet, which had separated it from the Currituck Banks in the north, closed. [1]