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Puketutu Island

Puketutu Island, also known as Te Motu a Hiaroa, is a volcanic island in the , New Zealand, and is part of the Auckland volcanic field. European settlers called it Weekes' Island, but this was eventually abandoned in favour of the historical Māori name.
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: island in Auckland, New Zealand
  • Also known as: “Te Motu a Hiaroa”, “Weekes‘ Island”, and “Weeks Island”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Waitomokia and Pukeiti.

Volcano
Photo: Bruce Hayward, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a volcano in the Auckland volcanic field. 's 600 m wide tuff crater contained three small scoria cones up to 20 m high, one with a crater, which were quarried in the 1950s.

Volcano
Photo: Bryndlefly, CC BY 3.0.
is one of the volcanoes in the Auckland volcanic field. The spatter cone is the smallest volcano in , reaching 30 metres above sea level, and has a shallow crater over 30 metres wide.

Volcano
Photo: Bryndlefly, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a volcano.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ambury Regional Park and Ihumātao.

Locality
Photo: Prosperosity, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a regional park situated on the coast of , in in New Zealand's . It is situated in the suburb of and in the local board area of Māngere-Ōtāhuhu, to the west of .

Hamlet
Photo: Bryndlefly, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an archaeological site of historic importance in the suburb of , . Once a pā site, it stands on the Peninsula, at the base of Ōtuataua, part of the Auckland volcanic field.

Quarter
Photo: Ingolfson, Public domain.
Auckland Airport is an serving , the most populous city of . It is the largest and busiest airport in the country, with over 18.7 million passengers served in the year ended December 2024.

Puketutu Island

Latitude
-36.96698° or 36° 58′ 1″ south
Longitude
174.74842° or 174° 44′ 54″ east
Elevation
1 metre (3 feet)
Open location code
4VMP2PMX+69
Open­Street­Map ID
way 757780156
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
Geo­Names ID
2179566
Wiki­data ID
Q1318567
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Spanish—“Puketutu Island” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Weeks Island (pulo sa New Zealand)”
  • Cebuano: “Weeks Island”
  • Dutch: “Puketutu Island”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جبل پوكيتوتو ايسلاند”
  • German: “Puketutu Island”
  • Ladin: “Puketutu Island”
  • Maori: “Te Motu a Hiaroa”
  • Persian: “جزیره پوکتوتو”
  • Russian: “Пукетуту”
  • Spanish: “Isla de Puketutu”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Puketutu Island Estate and Waikōwhai.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Pinnacle Hill and Puketutu.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Puketutu Island”. Photo: Ingolfson, Public domain.