Quarantine Island
Quarantine Island, is the largest island in Otago Harbour, close to the city of Dunedin, New Zealand. The island covers an area of 15 hectares, and is a publicly accessible recreation reserve.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Pseudopanax, Public domain.
- Type: Island
- Description: island in New Zealand
- Also known as: “Quarantine Island / Kamau Taurua” and “Quarantine Island / Kamau Taurua Historic Area”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Portobello Marine Laboratory and Resident Technician’s Cottage.
Portobello Marine Laboratory
Public aquarium
The Portobello Marine Laboratory is located on the end of a short peninsula close to the township of Portobello, within the limits of the city of Dunedin in New Zealand's South Island.
Resident Technician’s Cottage
Building
Photo: Benchill, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Resident Technician’s Cottage is a building.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Port Chalmers and Portobello.
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.
Portobello
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Photo: Grutness, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Portobello is a village beside the Otago Harbour halfway along the Otago Peninsula in Dunedin City, New Zealand. It lies at the foot of a small peninsula between Portobello Bay and Latham Bay.
Roseneath
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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. Roseneath is situated 2½ km west of Quarantine Island.
Quarantine Island
- Categories: Historic Area and landform
- Location: Dunedin City, Otago, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Satellite Map
Discover Quarantine Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Maori—“Quarantine Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Quarantine Island/Kamau Taurua”
- Dutch: “Quarantine Island / Kamau Taurua”
- German: “Quarantine Island”
- Maori: “Kamautaurua”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Goat Island and Quarantine Point.
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