Stephens Island
Stephens Island is at the northernmost tip of the Marlborough Sounds in the South Island of New Zealand. It lies two kilometres to the northeast of Cape Stephens, the northernmost point of D'Urville Island.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Island
- Description: island in New Zealand
- Also known as: “Stephens Island (Takapourewa)”, “Stephens Island / Takapourewa”, “Takaporewa”, and “Takapourewa”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Stephens Island Lighthouse.
Stephens Island Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Herewhy, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Stephens Island / Takapourewa lighthouse is one of New Zealand's most powerful lights with a range of 18 nautical miles. Perched 183 metres up, on top of Stephens Island, it guards Cook Strait and Tasman Bay / Te Tai-o-Aorere, at the top of the South Island / Te Wai Pounamu.The light flashes white once every six seconds from a white cast iron tower.
Stephens Island
- Category: landform
- Location: New Zealand, Oceania
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Russian—“Stephens Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Stephens Island”
- Czech: “Stephens Island”
- Czech: “Stephensův ostrov”
- Dutch: “Stephens Island”
- French: “île Stephens”
- French: “Île Stephens”
- German: “Stephens Island (Nový Zéland : ostrov)”
- German: “Stephens Island”
- German: “Takapourewa”
- Japanese: “スティーブンズ島”
- Maori: “Takapourewa”
- Russian: “Стивенс”
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