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Green Island

Green Island is a suburb of , 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.
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  • Type: Suburb with 2,440 residents
  • Description: suburb of Dunedin, New Zealand
  • Also known as: “Green Island, New Zealand”
  • Postal code: 9018

Places of Interest

Highlights include Sunnyvale Park and Tunnel Beach.

Recreation area
is a multi-use sports venue in , . It is located immediately to the west of in Sunnyvale, near Green Island, and is bounded by Main South Road, Dunedin Southern Motorway and Abbot's Creek, a tributary of the .

Beach
Photo: ChristchurchHistorian, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a locality 7.5 kilometres southwest of the city centre of , New Zealand. Located just south of , has sea-carved sandstone cliffs, rock arches and caves. is situated 3 km southeast of Green Island.

Lagoon
Photo: Nankai, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is situated 3½ km southwest of Green Island.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Abbotsford and Burnside.

Suburb
is a suburb of the New Zealand city of . 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.

Suburb
is a mainly industrial suburb of the city of . It is located at the mouth of a long valley, the , through which flows the .

Suburb
is a small residential suburb of the New Zealand city of . It is southwest of the city centre. It lay on State Highway 1 until the construction of the Dunedin Southern Motorway in the 1990s, but is now bypassed by traffic from central Dunedin.

Green Island

Latitude
-45.90319° or 45° 54′ 12″ south
Longitude
170.43015° or 170° 25′ 49″ east
Population
2,440
Elevation
120 metres (394 feet)
Open location code
4V6G3CWJ+P3
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1313708985
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
6212226
Wiki­data ID
Q1544601
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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Turkish—“Green Island” goes by many names.

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". 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 “Green Island”. Photo: Egmason, CC BY-SA 4.0.