Ruby Island

Ruby Island is an islet in New Zealand. Ruby Island is situated nearby to the suburb Peninsula Bay, as well as near Northlake.

Type: Islet
Description: island in New Zealand
Also known as: “Eely Island”, “Merino Island”, and “Roys Island”

Places of Interest

Highlights include That Wānaka Tree and Wānaka Library.

That Wānaka Tree

Photo: Michelle Maria, CC BY 3.0.

That Wānaka Tree, also known as the That Wānaka Willow, is the nickname of a willow tree located at the southern end of Lake Wānaka in the Otago region of New Zealand.

Wānaka Library

Library

Photo: Paora, CC0.

Wānaka Library is situated 3 km southeast of Ruby Island.

Mount Aspiring College

School

Photo: Mountaspiringcollege, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Mount Aspiring College is a state co-educational secondary school in Wānaka, New Zealand. It was founded in 1986 after the division of Wānaka Area School into separate primary and secondary schools. Mount Aspiring College is situated 3 km east of Ruby Island.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wanaka and Albert Town.

Wanaka

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Wanaka is a town on the shores of Lake Wanaka in the South Island of New Zealand. It is the gateway to Mount Aspiring National Park.

Albert Town

Suburb

Photo: Grutness, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Albert Town is located to the east of Wānaka in Otago, New Zealand. Until recently only a farming settlement, the population boom in this area has led to much new development. Albert Town is situated 7 km east of Ruby Island.

Ruby Island

Categories: island, locality, and landform
Location: New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude

-44.68145° or 44° 40′ 53″ south

Longitude

169.10278° or 169° 6′ 10″ east

Elevation

282 metres (925 feet)

Open location code

4V7F8493+C4

OpenStreetMap ID

way 39343617

OpenStreetMap feature

place=islet

GeoNames ID

2186907

Wikidata ID

Q32276828

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Satellite Map

Discover Ruby Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

From Cebuano to German—“Ruby Island” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Merino Island”
Cebuano: “Ruby Island”
German: “Ruby Island”

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Localities in the Area

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