South Island

The South Island of is characterised by grand, open landscapes and a great sense of freedom in the sparsely populated areas away from the Christchurch and Dunedin conurbations of the east coast.
WikivoyageWikipedia
Ulrich.hoecker, CC BY 3.0.
Podzemnik, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Canterbury and Christchurch.
Podzemnik, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a region on the east coast of the South Island of .
koennz, CC BY 2.0.
is the largest city in the South Island…
Benchill, Public domain.
, called Ōtepoti in Māori, is the main city…

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as West Coast and Southland.
Wikimedia, CC0.
The is a region of the western South Island…
Wikimedia, CC0.
is the southernmost region in the South Island of .
Tiimta, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a region of the South Island of …
Javiersanp, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Nelson and Tasman regions, sometimes collectively…
Herewhy, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a region at the north-eastern end…
Tiimta, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is the far inland district of Otago in the South Island of .
MDRX, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The are a range of mountains that run the length of the South Island of .

South Island

This page is based on GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikivoyage.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.
Latitude of center
-43° or 43° south
Longitude of center
171° east
Geo­Names ID
2182504
Wiki­data ID
Q120755

Satellite Map

Discover this place from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
© Stadia Maps, Airbus DS, CNES, PlanetObserver, and Copernicus

In Other Languages

From Achinese to Yue Chinese—“South Island” goes by many names.
  • Achinese: “Te Waipounamu”
  • Afrikaans: “Suid Eiland”
  • Afrikaans: “Te Waipounamu”
  • Arabic: “Te Waipounamu”
  • Arabic: “الجزيرة الجنوبية”
  • Arabic: “الجزيره الجنوبيه”
  • Aragonese: “Isla d’o Sud”
  • Aragonese: “Te Waipounamu”
  • Armenian: “Te Waipounamu”
  • Armenian: “Հարավային կղզի”
  • Asturian: “Islla Sur”
  • Asturian: “Te Waipounamu”
  • Azerbaijani: “Cənub adası”
  • Azerbaijani: “Te Waipounamu”
  • Balinese: “Nusa Kelod”
  • Bashkir: “Te Waipounamu”
  • Bashkir: “Көньяҡ утрау”
  • Basque: “Hego Uharte”
  • Basque: “Hego uhartea”
  • Basque: “Te Waipounamu”
  • Belarusian: “Te Waipounamu”
  • Belarusian: “Паўднёвая выспа”
  • Belarusian: “Паўднёвы востраў, Новая Зеландыя”
  • Belarusian: “Паўднёвы востраў”
  • Bengali: “South Island”
  • Bengali: “Te Waipounamu”
  • Bengali: “The Mainland”
  • Bengali: “দক্ষিণ দ্বীপ”
  • Bhojpuri: “Te Waipounamu”
  • Bhojpuri: “साउथ आइलैंड”
  • Breton: “Enez ar Su”
  • Breton: “Te Waipounamu”
  • Bulgarian: “Te Waipounamu”
  • Bulgarian: “Южен остров”
  • Catalan: “Illa del Sud”
  • Catalan: “Illa sud de Nova Zelanda”
  • Catalan: “Illa Sud”
  • Catalan: “Te Waipounamu”
  • Cebuano: “South Island (pulo sa New Zealand, lat -43,00, long 171,00)”
  • Cebuano: “South Island”
  • Cebuano: “Te Waipounamu”
  • Chinese: “Te Waipounamu”
  • Chinese: “南岛”
  • Chinese: “南島”
  • Chinese: “新西兰南岛”
  • Chinese: “特瓦普納姆”
  • Corsican: “Isula di u Sudu”
  • Croatian: “Južni otok”
  • Croatian: “South Island”
  • Croatian: “Te Waipounamu”
  • Czech: “Jižní ostrov”
  • Czech: “Te Waipounamu”
  • Danish: “Sydøen”
  • Danish: “Te Waipounamu”
  • Dutch: “Zuidereiland”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “Te Waipounamu”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “الجزيره الجنوبيه”
  • Esperanto: “Sud-Zelando”
  • Esperanto: “Suda Insulo”
  • Esperanto: “Te Waipounamu”
  • Estonian: “Lõunasaar”
  • Estonian: “Te Waipounamu”
  • Fiji Hindi: “South Island”
  • Finnish: “Eteläsaari”
  • Finnish: “South Island”
  • Finnish: “Southern Island”
  • Finnish: “Te Waipounamu”
  • French: “Île du Sud”
  • French: “South Island”
  • French: “Te Waipounamu”
  • Galician: “Illa Sur, Nova Celandia”
  • Galician: “Illa Sur, Nova Zelandia”
  • Galician: “Te Waipounamu”
  • Georgian: “Te Waipounamu”
  • Georgian: “სამხრეთ კუნძული”
  • Georgian: “სამხრეთი კუნძული”
  • German: “Südinsel”
  • German: “Te Wai Pounamu”
  • German: “Te Waka a Māui”
  • Greek: “Te Waipounamu”
  • Greek: “Νότιο Νησί”
  • Greek: “Νότιος Νήσος Νέας Ζηλανδίας”
  • Hebrew: “Te Waipounamu”
  • Hebrew: “האי הדרומי”
  • Hebrew: “סאות‘ איילנד”
  • Hindi: “Te Waipounamu”
  • Hindi: “दक्षिण द्वीप”
  • Hungarian: “Déli-sziget”
  • Hungarian: “Te Waipounamu”
  • Icelandic: “Suðurey”
  • Icelandic: “Te Waipounamu”
  • Indonesian: “Pulau Selatan”
  • Indonesian: “South Island”
  • Indonesian: “Te Waipounamu”
  • Irish: “An tOileán Theas”
  • Irish: “Oileán Theas na Nua-Shéalainne”
  • Irish: “Te Waipounamu”
  • Italian: “Isola del Sud”
  • Italian: “South Island”
  • Italian: “Te Waipounamu”
  • Japanese: “Te Waipounamu”
  • Japanese: “ニュージーランド南島”
  • Japanese: “南島”
  • Kalaallisut: “Qeqertaq Kujalleq”
  • Kalaallisut: “Te Waipounamu”
  • Kazakh: “Te Waipounamu”
  • Kazakh: “Оңтүстік (арал, Жаңа Зеландия)”
  • Kazakh: “Оңтүстік”
  • Korean: “Te Waipounamu”
  • Korean: “남섬”
  • Latin: “Insula Australis (Nova Zelandia)”
  • Latin: “Insula Australis”
  • Latin: “Te Waipounamu”
  • Latvian: “Dienvidsala”
  • Latvian: “Te Waipounamu”
  • Lithuanian: “Pietinė sala”
  • Lithuanian: “Pietų sala”
  • Lithuanian: “Te Waipounamu”
  • Lombard: “Isola del Sud”
  • Lombard: “Te Waipounamu”
  • Lower Sorbian: “Pódpołdnjowa kupa (Nowoseelandska)”
  • Lower Sorbian: “Pódpołdnjowa kupa”
  • Lower Sorbian: “Te Waipounamu”
  • Macedonian: “Te Waipounamu”
  • Macedonian: “Јужен Остров”
  • Malay: “Pulau Selatan”
  • Maori: “Te Wai Pounamu”
  • Maori: “Te Waka-a-Māui”
  • Marathi: “Te Waipounamu”
  • Marathi: “दक्षिण बेट, न्यू झीलँड”
  • Marathi: “दक्षिण बेट”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Lâm-tó (New Zealand)”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Lâm-tó”
  • Mingrelian: “Te Waipounamu”
  • Mingrelian: “ობჟათე კოკი”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “Te Waipounamu”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “لݣزيرة دلجانوب”
  • Northern Frisian: “Süüd-Eilun”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sørøya”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sørøya på New Zealand”
  • Norwegian: “Sørøya”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “South Island”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Sūðerne Īeg”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Sūþīeg”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Te Waipounamu”
  • Ossetian: “Хуссар сакъадах”
  • Persian: “Te Waipounamu”
  • Persian: “جزیرهٔ جنوبی”
  • Pitcairn-Norfolk: “Sauth Ailen”
  • Polish: “Wyspa Południowa”
  • Portuguese: “Ilha do sul”
  • Portuguese: “Ilha Sul”
  • Portuguese: “Te Waipounamu”
  • Quechua: “Isla Sur”
  • Quechua: “South Island”
  • Quechua: “Te Wai Pounamu”
  • Quechua: “Urin Wat’a”
  • Romanian: “Insula de Sud”
  • Romanian: “South Island”
  • Russian: “Christchurch”
  • Russian: “Te Waipounamu”
  • Russian: “Южный остров”
  • Russian: “Южный”
  • Sakizaya: “Nan-daw Niw-si-lan”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Eilean a Deas, Sealainn Nuadh”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Eilean a Deas”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Te Waipounamu”
  • Serbian: “Južno ostrvo”
  • Serbian: “South Island”
  • Serbian: “Te Waipounamu”
  • Serbian: “Јужно острво”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Christchurch”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Južni otok”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Te Waipounamu”
  • Slovak: “Južný ostrov”
  • Slovak: “South Island”
  • Slovak: “Te Waipounamu”
  • Slovenian: “Južni otok”
  • Slovenian: “Te Waipounamu”
  • Spanish: “Isla del Sur”
  • Spanish: “Isla Sur”
  • Spanish: “South Island”
  • Spanish: “Te Wai Pounamu”
  • Swahili: “Kisiwa cha Kusini (New Zealand)”
  • Swahili: “Kisiwa cha Kusini”
  • Swahili: “Te Waipounamu”
  • Swedish: “Södra ön”
  • Swedish: “South Island”
  • Swedish: “Southern Island”
  • Swedish: “Sydön”
  • Swedish: “Te Waipounamu”
  • Sylheti: “Te Waipounamu”
  • Tamil: “South Island”
  • Tamil: “Southern Island”
  • Tamil: “Te Waipounamu”
  • Tamil: “தெற்கு தீவு”
  • Tamil: “தெற்குத் தீவு”
  • Thai: “South Island”
  • Thai: “Te Waipounamu”
  • Thai: “เกาะใต้”
  • Tok Pisin: “Saut Ailan”
  • Tok Pisin: “Te Waipounamu”
  • Turkish: “Güney Adası”
  • Turkish: “Te Waipounamu”
  • Turkmen: “Günorta ada”
  • Turkmen: “Te Waipounamu”
  • Ukrainian: “Te Waipounamu”
  • Ukrainian: “Південна Зеландія”
  • Ukrainian: “Південний острів Нової Зеландії”
  • Ukrainian: “Південний острів”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Južna kupa”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Te Waipounamu”
  • Urdu: “Te Waipounamu”
  • Urdu: “جنوبی جزیرہ”
  • Uzbek: “Janubiy Orol”
  • Uzbek: “Te Waipounamu”
  • Vietnamese: “Đảo Nam, New Zealand”
  • Vietnamese: “Đảo Nam”
  • Vietnamese: “South Island”
  • Vietnamese: “Te Waipounamu”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Isla ha Salatan”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Isla Salatan”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Isla Timogan”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Isla Timugan”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Purô ha Salatan”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Purô Salatan”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Puro Timogan”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Purô Timugan”
  • Waray (Philippines): “South Island”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Te Waipounamu”
  • Welsh: “Te Waipounamu”
  • Welsh: “Ynys y De, Seland Newydd”
  • Welsh: “Ynys y De”
  • Western Frisian: “Súdeilân”
  • Western Frisian: “Súdereilân”
  • Western Mari: “Te Waipounamu”
  • Western Mari: “Кечӹвӓлвелнӹш”
  • Wu Chinese: “Te Waipounamu”
  • Wu Chinese: “南岛（新西兰）”
  • Yue Chinese: “Te Waipounamu”
  • Yue Chinese: “南島”

New Zealand: Highlights

Learn more about Auckland and Wellington.
“A journey is best measured in friends, rather than miles.”

Explore These Curated Destinations

Discover places selected for their distinct character and enduring appeal.