Bird Island
Bird Island is an island off the east coast of the Otago, New Zealand. It lies close to Tomahawk Reef. The low-lying island is clearly visible from most of the city's main beaches, from where it deceptively appears close to the cliffs of Lawyer's Head despite lying 2 km to the east, close to Māori Head.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Tomahawk Beach and Smaills Beach.
Tomahawk Beach
Beach
Tomahawk Beach is a beach on the Pacific Ocean 7.5 kilometres southeast of the city centre of Dunedin, New Zealand. Located within the Ocean Grove Reserve between St Kilda Beach and Smaills Beach, at the point where Otago Peninsula joins the mainland of the South Island, Tomahawk Beach is a white sand beach popular with casual beach-goers and dog-walkers as well as surfers.
Smaills Beach
Beach
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Smaills Beach is a beach on the Pacific Ocean 7.6 kilometres southeast of the city centre of Dunedin, New Zealand. Located within the Ocean Grove Reserve adjacent to Tomahawk Beach, at the point where Otago Peninsula joins the mainland of the South Island, Smaills Beach is a white sand beach for much of its length, but its western end is covered in volcanic boulders.
Tomahawk Lagoon
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Tomahawk Lagoon is a twin-lobed lagoon, located at the western end of the Otago Peninsula within the city limits of Dunedin, New Zealand. It lies close to the southeastern edge of the city's main urban area, near the suburb of Ocean Grove, which lies close to its southern shore.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ocean Grove and Andersons Bay.
Ocean Grove
Quarter
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Ocean Grove, also known as Tomahawk, is a suburb in the southeast of the New Zealand city of Dunedin. A semi-rural residential suburb on the Pacific coast at the southwestern end of the Otago Peninsula, Ocean Grove is located 6.5 kilometres southeast of Dunedin city centre.
Andersons Bay
Suburb
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Andersons Bay is a suburb of the New Zealand city of Dunedin. It is located in the southeast of the city's urban area, 2.8 kilometres southeast of the city's centre.
Shiel Hill
Suburb
Shiel Hill is a residential suburb of the New Zealand city of Dunedin. It is located at the southeastern edge of the city's urban area, 3.2 kilometres southeast of the city's centre at the western end of the Otago Peninsula, close to the isthmus joining the peninsula to the mainland.
Bird Island
- Type: Island
- Description: island near Dunedin, New Zealand
- Category: landform
- Location: Otago, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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In Other Languages
“Bird Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Bird Island”
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