Dog Island
Dog Island is located in Foveaux Strait some 5 kilometres from Bluff, New Zealand. It holds New Zealand's tallest lighthouse and since the maritime structure was fully automated in 1989, the island has been uninhabited.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Evil Monkey, CC BY 2.5.
- Type: Island
- Description: island in New Zealand
- Also known as: “Motu piu”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Dog Island Lighthouse.
Dog Island Lighthouse
Lighthouse
The Dog Island Lighthouse on Dog Island in Foveaux Strait is New Zealand's tallest lighthouse, and one of its oldest. It is notable for its masonry construction, and is a work example by an engineer who was prominent at the time.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include East End and Bluff.
East End
Quarter
East End is a coastal suburb of New Plymouth, in the western North Island of New Zealand. It is located to the east of the city centre, north of Strandon, and west of Fitzroy. East End is situated 7 km northwest of Dog Island.
Bluff
Photo: Karora, Public domain.
Bluff is a small port town and the southernmost town on the South Island of New Zealand. It is 30 km south of the city of Invercargill.
Ocean Beach
Neighborhood
Ocean Beach is an industrial area in the Southland Region of New Zealand. For around 100 years it was the site of a freezing works. This closed in 1991, and the site has been redeveloped as an aquaculture facility. Ocean Beach is situated 9 km northwest of Dog Island.
Dog Island
- Category: landform
- Location: New Zealand, Oceania
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Maori—“Dog Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Dog Island”
- French: “Dog Island (Nouvelle-Zélande)”
- French: “Dog Island”
- German: “Dog Island”
- Maori: “Motupiu”
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