Goat Island
Goat Island / Rakiriri is the second largest island in Otago Harbour, in the South Island of New Zealand. It is located between Port Chalmers and Portobello, to the northeast of Dunedin's city centre.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Pseudopanax, Public domain.
- Type: Island
- Description: island in Otago, New Zealand
- Also known as: “Goat Island / Rakiriri”, “Goat Island / Rangiriri Historic Area”, “Goat Island/Rakiriri”, and “Rakiriri”
Places of Interest
Highlights include St Mary Star of the Sea and Holy Trinity Church.
Holy Trinity Church
Church
Photo: Benchill, Public domain.
Holy Trinity Church is an heritage-listed Anglican church located in Port Chalmers, Otago, New Zealand. Completed in 1874, the Academic Gothic Revival church building is constructed in volcanic stone and has some fine stained glass, and is listed as a Category I Historic Place by Heritage New Zealand.
Port Chalmers Municipal Building
Town hall
Photo: Benchill, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Port Chalmers Municipal Building is a town hall.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Port Chalmers and Roseneath.
Port Chalmers
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Port Chalmers is a deep water fishing and cargo port for Dunedin, one of the main ports for the South Island of New Zealand, in the Otago region. It is visited by several cruise ships each summer. In 2021, it was home to 1,500 people.
Roseneath
Quarter
Roseneath is a small suburb of the New Zealand city of Dunedin, located on the northwestern shore of Otago Harbour, 12 kilometres to the northeast of Dunedin city centre.
Sawyers Bay
Quarter
Sawyers Bay is a suburb of the New Zealand city of Dunedin. It is located 1.5 kilometres to the southwest of Port Chalmers in a wide valley on the shore of Mussel Bay, 13 kilometres to the northeast of Dunedin city centre.
Goat Island
- Categories: Historic Area and landform
- Location: Dunedin City, Otago, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Norwegian Bokmål—“Goat Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Goat Island/Rakiriri”
- German: “Goat Island”
- Maori: “Rakiriri”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Goat Island/Rakiriri”
- Norwegian: “Goat Island/Rakiriri”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Careys Bay and Sawyers Bay.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Quarantine Island and Sawyers Bay.
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