Stewart Island

Stewart Island is the third largest island of after the and the , known for its wild kiwi birds, cute small-island town, backcountry recreation, and Ulva Island rare bird sanctuary.
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  • Type: Island with 387 residents
  • Description: New Zealand’s third largest island, 30 km south of the South Island
  • Also known as: Rakiura” and “Stewart Island/Rakiura

Stewart Island

Latitude of center
-47° or 47° south
Longitude of center
167.8333° or 167° 50′ east
Population
387
Elevation
209 metres (686 feet)
IATA airport code
SZS
United Nations Location Code
NZ SZS
Geo­Names ID
2182333
Wiki­data ID
Q41684
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Satellite Map

Discover Stewart Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Stewart Island” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: جزيرة ستيوارت
  • Asturian: Islla Rakiura
  • Asturian: Islla Stewart
  • Azerbaijani: Stüart adası
  • Basque: Stewart Uharte
  • Basque: Stewart uhartea
  • Belarusian: Востраў Сцьюарт
  • Belarusian: Востраў Сцюарт
  • Belarusian: Востраў Сцюарта
  • Belarusian: Сцьюарт
  • Breton: Rakiura
  • Bulgarian: Стюарт (остров)
  • Bulgarian: Стюарт
  • Catalan: Illa Stewart
  • Catalan: Rakiura
  • Cebuano: Stewart Island/Raikura
  • Chinese: 史都華島
  • Chinese: 斯图尔特岛
  • Chinese: 斯圖爾特島
  • Czech: Stewartův ostrov
  • Danish: Rakiura
  • Danish: Stewart Island
  • Dutch: Rakiura
  • Dutch: Stewart eiland
  • Dutch: Stewart Island
  • Dutch: Stewart-eiland
  • Dutch: Stewarteiland
  • Egyptian Arabic: جزيره ستيوارت
  • Esperanto: Rakiura Insulo
  • Esperanto: Stevarta Insulo
  • Finnish: Rakiura
  • Finnish: Stewart Island
  • Finnish: Stewartinsaari
  • French: Ile Stewart
  • French: île Stewart
  • French: Île Stewart
  • Galician: Illa Stewart
  • Georgian: სტიუარტის კუნძული
  • German: Rakiura
  • German: Stewart Island
  • German: Stewart Island/Rakiura
  • German: Stewart-Insel
  • Greek: Νησί Στιούαρτ/Ρακιούρα
  • Greek: Νήσος Ρακιούρα
  • Greek: Νήσος Στιούαρτ
  • Hebrew: האי סטיוארט
  • Hebrew: סטיוארט איילנד
  • Hebrew: ראקיאורה
  • Hebrew: ראקיורה
  • Hungarian: Stewart-sziget
  • Indonesian: Pulau Stewart
  • Italian: Isola Stewart
  • Italian: Stewart Island
  • Italian: Stewart
  • Japanese: コッドフィッシュ島
  • Japanese: スチュアート島
  • Kalaallisut: Stewart Island
  • Korean: 라키우라
  • Korean: 스튜어트섬
  • Latvian: Stjuarta sala
  • Lithuanian: Stiuarto sala
  • Low German: Stewarteiland
  • Macedonian: Ракиура
  • Macedonian: Стјуарт
  • Macedonian: Стјуартов Остров
  • Malay: Pulau Stewart / Pulau Rakiura
  • Malay: Pulau Stewart/Pulau Rakiura
  • Malayalam: സ്റ്റ്യൂവാർട്ട് ഐലന്റ്
  • Maori: Raikura
  • Maori: Raki-Ura
  • Maori: Rakiura
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Stewart Island
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Rakiura
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Stewart Island/Rakiura
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Stewart Island
  • Norwegian: Stewart Island
  • Persian: جزیره استوارت
  • Persian: جزیره استیوارت
  • Polish: Rakiura
  • Polish: Wyspa Stewart
  • Portuguese: Ilha Stewart
  • Portuguese: Rakiura
  • Russian: Остров Стюарт
  • Russian: Остров Стюарта
  • Russian: Ракиура
  • Russian: Стьюарт
  • Russian: Стюарт
  • Scottish Gaelic: Eilean Stiùbhairt
  • Slovak: Stewartov ostrov
  • Slovenian: Rakiura
  • Slovenian: Stewart Island
  • Slovenian: Stewartov otok/Rakiura
  • Slovenian: Stewartov otok
  • Spanish: Isla Stewart
  • Spanish: Rakiura
  • Swedish: Rakiura
  • Swedish: Stewart Island/Rakiura
  • Swedish: Stewart Island
  • Swedish: Stewartön
  • Tamil: ஸ்டுவர்ட் தீவு
  • Thai: เกาะสจวร์ต
  • Turkish: Stewart Adası
  • Ukrainian: Стьюарт
  • Ukrainian: Стюарт
  • Vietnamese: Đảo Stewart
  • Welsh: Ynys Stewart

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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Stewart Island”. Photo: Kevin Saff, CC BY-SA 2.0.