Green Island
Green Island is a small, uninhabited island lying 2 km off the coast of the Otago region of New Zealand, some 13 km south-west of the city of Dunedin. The island's Māori name is Ōkaihae.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Island
- Description: island in New Zealand
- Also known as: “Green Island (Ōkaihae)”, “Green Island (Okaihe)”, “Green Island Borough”, “Ōkaihae”, and “Okaihe”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Sunnyvale Park and Tunnel Beach.
Sunnyvale Park
Recreation area
Sunnyvale Park is a multi-use sports venue in Dunedin, New Zealand. It is located immediately to the west of Abbotsford in Sunnyvale, near Green Island, and is bounded by Main South Road, Dunedin Southern Motorway and Abbot's Creek, a tributary of the Kaikorai Stream.
Tunnel Beach
Beach
Photo: Lord A.Nelson, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tunnel Beach is a locality 7.5 kilometres southwest of the city centre of Dunedin, New Zealand. Located just south of St Clair, Tunnel Beach has sea-carved sandstone cliffs, rock arches and caves. Tunnel Beach is situated 3 km southeast of Green Island.
Caversham Presbyterian Church
Church
Photo: Grutness, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Caversham Presbyterian Church is situated 3½ km east of Green Island.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Green Island and Abbotsford.
Green Island
Suburb
Photo: Egmason, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Green Island is a suburb of Dunedin, New Zealand. Not an actual island, this former borough takes its name from the Green Island bush, uncleared native forest extending from the valley where the community is centred over the hills towards the coast.
Abbotsford
Suburb
Abbotsford is a suburb of the New Zealand city of Dunedin. It is located to the west of the city centre. It is Immediately to the north of Green Island, and separated from it by State Highway 1 and South Island Main Trunk Railway.
Burnside
Suburb
Burnside is a mainly industrial suburb of the New Zealand city of Dunedin. It is located at the mouth of a long valley, the Kaikorai Valley, through which flows the Kaikorai Stream.
Green Island
- Category: landform
- Location: New Zealand, Oceania
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Maori—“Green Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Green Island”
- Dutch: “Green Island”
- German: “Green Island”
- Maori: “Ōkaihae”
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Localities in the Area
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