Motutapu Island

Motutapu Island is a 1,510 ha island in the to the northeast of the city of , New Zealand. The island is part of the . The island can be accessed via regular ferry services departing from Auckland City.
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: island in the Hauraki Gulf of New Zealand
  • Also known as: Te Motu-tapu-a-Taikehu

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Oneroa and Blackpool.

Quarter
is a settlement on in northern . The New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage gives a translation of "long beach" for . Whittaker's Music Museum, a specialist music museum, has operated in since 1996. is situated 9 km southeast of Motutapu Island.

Quarter
is a settlement on in northern . It was named after in . is situated 10 km southeast of Motutapu Island.

Motutapu Island

Latitude
-36.75° or 36° 45′ south
Longitude
174.91667° or 174° 55′ east
Elevation
78 metres (256 feet)
Open location code
4VMP7W28+2M
Geo­Names ID
2186485
Wiki­data ID
Q239113
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Spanish—“Motutapu Island” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: Motutapu Island
  • Chinese: 莫圖塔普島
  • Dutch: Motutapu Island
  • Finnish: Motutapu
  • French: île Motutapu
  • French: Île Motutapu
  • Georgian: მოტუტაპუ
  • German: Motutapu Island
  • Hebrew: מוטוטפו
  • Italian: Motutapu
  • Japanese: モトゥタプ島
  • Maori: Motutapu
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Motutapu Island
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Motutapu
  • Polish: Wyspa Motutapu
  • Russian: Мотутапу
  • Spanish: Motutapu

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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 “Motutapu Island”. Photo: Ingolfson, Public domain.