Matiu/Somes Island
Matiu / Somes Island is the largest of three islands in the northern half of Wellington Harbour, New Zealand. The island is 24.9 hectares in area, and lies 3 kilometres south of the suburb of Petone and the mouth of the Hutt River.- Type: Island
- Description: island in New Zealand
- Also known as: “Matiu / Somes Island” and “Somes Island”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Petone Settlers Museum and Petone railway station.
Petone Settlers Museum
Museum
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Petone Settlers Museum is a local history museum located in the Wellington Provincial Centennial Memorial, a historic building in Petone, Lower Hutt, New Zealand. Petone Settlers Museum is situated 3½ km north of Matiu/Somes Island.
Petone railway station
Railway station
Photo: Matthew25187, CC BY 3.0.
Petone railway station is a dual platform, suburban railway station located in the Lower Hutt, New Zealand suburb of Petone. It is on the Hutt Valley section of the Wairarapa Line, 10.5 km north of Wellington, and is the junction for the Melling Branch to Melling, which diverges westward from the main line to the north of the station. Petone railway station is situated 4 km north of Matiu/Somes Island.
St Augustine’s Church (Anglican)
Church
Photo: Quilt Phase, CC BY-SA 4.0.
St Augustine’s Church (Anglican) is situated 4 km north of Matiu/Somes Island.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Point Howard and Seaview.
Point Howard
Quarter
Photo: Eothan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Point Howard is a suburb on the eastern side of Wellington Harbour, in Lower Hutt, New Zealand. Point Howard is situated 3½ km east of Matiu/Somes Island.
Seaview
Quarter
Photo: Wainuiomartian, CC0.
Seaview is an industrial suburb of the city of Lower Hutt, in Wellington, New Zealand. Situated on the eastern coast of the Hutt Valley, the suburb lies between Te Awa Kairangi / the Hutt River and Petone, and the bays of Eastbourne to the south. Seaview is situated 3½ km northeast of Matiu/Somes Island.
Petone
Suburb
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Petone is a large suburb of Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand. It stands at the southern end of the Hutt Valley, on the northern shore of Wellington Harbour. Petone is situated 4 km north of Matiu/Somes Island.
Matiu/Somes Island
- Category: landform
- Location: Greater Wellington, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Russian—“Matiu/Somes Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Matiu/Somes Island”
- Cebuano: “Somes Island”
- Dutch: “Matiu”
- Dutch: “Somes”
- Esperanto: “Insulo Matiu/Somes”
- French: “île de Matiu/Somes”
- French: “Île de Matiu/Somes”
- German: “Matiu”
- German: “Matiu/Somes Island”
- German: “Somes Island”
- Japanese: “マティウ/ソメス島”
- Maori: “Matiu”
- Polish: “Matiu/Somes”
- Russian: “Матиу-Сомс”
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