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Rabbit Island, New Zealand - Definition |
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Rabbit Island is the name of four 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.
The other three Rabbit Islands are considerably smaller, none of them covering more than 10 hectares. 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
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