Volkner Rocks
Te Paepae o Aotea, also known the Volkner Rocks, are a group of andesitic rock stacks and pinnacles located 5 kilometres northwest of Whakaari / White Island in New Zealand's Bay of Plenty.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Rock
- Description: island group in New Zealand
- Also known as: “Te Paepae o Aotea”, “Valkner Islets”, “Volkner Islands”, and “Volkner Islets”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Te Hokowhitu and Poroporo.
Te Hokowhitu
Locality
Photo: David Broad, CC BY 3.0.
Te Hokowhitu is a locality, which is situated 6 km southeast of Volkner Rocks.
Poroporo
Locality
Photo: David Broad, CC BY 3.0.
Poroporo is a locality, which is situated 7 km southeast of Volkner Rocks.
Volkner Rocks
- Categories: island group and landform
- Location: Auckland Region, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-37.47926° or 37° 28′ 45″ southLongitude
177.12899° or 177° 7′ 44″ eastOpen location code
4VJVG4CH+7HOpenStreetMap ID
node 7046385098OpenStreetMap feature
natural=rockGeoNames ID
6251954Wikidata ID
Q2398188
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Italian—“Volkner Rocks” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Te Paepae o Aotea”
- German: “Te Paepae o Aotea”
- Italian: “Te Paepae o Aotea”
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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 “Volkner Rocks”. Photo: JShook, CC BY 2.5.