Mokopuna Island
Mokopuna Island is a small uninhabited island in Wellington Harbour, New Zealand. It is about 200 metres on its long axis and about 80 metres across. It lies immediately north of the much larger Matiu / Somes Island, from which it is separated by a channel about 50 metres wide.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Island
- Description: island in New Zealand
- Also known as: “Leper” and “Leper Island”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Petone Settlers Museum and Petone railway station.
Petone Settlers Museum
Museum
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Petone Settlers Museum is a local history museum located in the Wellington Provincial Centennial Memorial, a historic building in Petone, Lower Hutt, New Zealand. Petone Settlers Museum is situated 2½ km northeast of Mokopuna Island.
Petone railway station
Railway station
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Petone railway station is a dual platform, suburban railway station located in the Lower Hutt, New Zealand suburb of Petone. It is on the Hutt Valley section of the Wairarapa Line, 10.5 km north of Wellington, and is the junction for the Melling Branch to Melling, which diverges westward from the main line to the north of the station. Petone railway station is situated 3 km north of Mokopuna Island.
Memorial Park
Recreation area
Memorial Park is a venue for football matches in Lower Hutt, New Zealand. It is the home of Petone FC who have been based there since 1961 as well as Capital Football who look after the game for the Wellington Region. Memorial Park is situated 4 km northeast of Mokopuna Island.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Petone and Seaview.
Petone
Suburb
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Petone is a large suburb of Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand. It stands at the southern end of the Hutt Valley, on the northern shore of Wellington Harbour. Petone is situated 3 km north of Mokopuna Island.
Seaview
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Seaview is an industrial suburb of the city of Lower Hutt, in Wellington, New Zealand. Situated on the eastern coast of the Hutt Valley, the suburb lies between Te Awa Kairangi / the Hutt River and Petone, and the bays of Eastbourne to the south. Seaview is situated 3½ km east of Mokopuna Island.
Point Howard
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Photo: Eothan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Point Howard is a suburb on the eastern side of Wellington Harbour, in Lower Hutt, New Zealand. Point Howard is situated 3½ km east of Mokopuna Island.
Mokopuna Island
- Category: landform
- Location: New Zealand, Oceania
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Satellite Map
Discover Mokopuna Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Polish—“Mokopuna Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Mokopuna Island”
- Dutch: “Mokopuna Island”
- German: “Mokopuna Island”
- Japanese: “マカプナ島”
- Polish: “Mokopuna”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Somes Island and Matiu/Somes Island.
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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 “Mokopuna Island”. Photo: Pseudopanax, Public domain.