Makaro
Mākaro / Ward island is one of the three small islands in Wellington Harbour, at the southern end of the North Island, New Zealand. Ward Island is on the eastern side of the harbour, about 1.7 kilometres west of the town of Eastbourne.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Island
- Description: island in New Zealand
- Also known as: “Makaro / Ward Island”, “Mākaro / Ward Island”, “Mākaro/Ward Island”, “Ward”, and “Ward Island”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Fort Ballance and Muritai School.
Fort Ballance
Castle
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Fort Ballance is a former coastal artillery battery on Point Gordon on Wellington's Miramar Peninsula. Built in 1885 following fears of an impending war with Russia, Fort Ballance is one of the best preserved of a string of nineteenth century coastal fortifications constructed to protect New Zealand from naval attack. Fort Ballance is situated 3 km west of Makaro.
Muritai School
School
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Eastbourne is a suburb of Lower Hutt, a part of Wellington, New Zealand. Lying beside the sea, it is a popular local tourist destination via car from Petone or from ferry crossings from central Wellington.
Kau Point Battery
Fort
Kau Point Battery is a 19th-century coast defence battery constructed in Wellington, New Zealand in the 1890s. It is located on the east side of Point Halswell in Wellington, New Zealand, approximately midway between the Massey Memorial and Fort Ballance, close to the site of the ancient Māori settlement of Kau-whakaara-waru. Kau Point Battery is situated 3½ km west of Makaro.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Muritai and Eastbourne.
Eastbourne
Suburb
Eastbourne is a suburb of Lower Hutt, a part of Wellington, New Zealand. Lying beside the sea, it is a popular local tourist destination via car from Petone or from ferry crossings from central Wellington.
Rona Bay
Quarter
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Rona Bay is a quarter, which is situated 2½ km east of Makaro.
Makaro
- Category: landform
- Location: New Zealand, Oceania
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Polish—“Makaro” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Makaro/Ward Island”
- Dutch: “Makaro / Ward Island”
- German: “Makaro/Ward Island”
- Japanese: “マカロ/ウォード島”
- Maori: “Mākaro”
- Polish: “Makaro/Ward”
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About Mapcarta. 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 “Makaro”. Photo: Pseudopanax, Public domain.