High Island

High Island is an island in New Zealand. High Island is situated nearby to the hamlet Taurikura, as well as near the locality Urquharts Bay.

Type: Island
Description: Island in the Whangarei Harbour, New Zealand
Also known as: “McGregor’s Island” and “McGregors Island”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mount Manaia and Whangarei Heads School.

Mount Manaia

Peak

Photo: Follash, Public domain.

Mount Manaia is a dominant landmark approximately 30 kilometres southeast of Whangārei city on the Whangārei Heads peninsula. Standing 420 metres, the summit offers outstanding views of the Marsden Point Oil Refinery, Bream Bay and the Hauraki Gulf to the south, Whangārei Harbour to the west and the Poor Knights Islands and Northland coast to the north.

Whangarei Heads School

School

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Mount Aubrey

Peak

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Mount Aubrey is a peak.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Taurikura and Whangārei Heads.

Taurikura

Hamlet

Photo: Follash, Public domain.

Taurikura is a small, rural township in the Whangarei District, approximately 30 kilometres south east of Whangārei city in Northland, New Zealand. The town is located on the shores of Calliope Bay at the base of 420-metre-high Mount Manaia which, along with Bream Head and the Hen Island, collectively form the ancient remnants of a very large andesitic volcano.

Whangārei Heads

Village

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Whangārei Heads is a locality and volcanic promontory on the northern side of the Whangārei Harbour in Northland, New Zealand. Whangārei is 29 km to the north-west, and Ocean Beach is 8 km to the south-east, with Taurikura between the two. Mount Manaia rises to 420 metres to the east.

Urquharts Bay

Hamlet

Photo: Follash, Public domain.

Urquharts Bay is a hamlet.

High Island

Latitude

-35.82944° or 35° 49′ 46″ south

Longitude

174.51917° or 174° 31′ 9″ east

Elevation

19 metres (62 feet)

Open location code

4VPP5GC9+6M

GeoNames ID

2208131

Wikidata ID

Q32220778

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

“High Island” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “High Island”

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