Astrolabe Reef

Astrolabe Reef is near , 20 kilometres NE of , off the coast in . The reef, which breaks the water surface at low tide, is a renowned scuba diving spot that drops off to 37 metres in different parts.
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include MV Rena.

Disaster remains
Photo: New Zealand Defence Force, CC BY 2.0.
was a 3,351 TEU container ship owned by the shipping company Costamare Inc. through one of its subsidiaries, Daina Shipping Co. The ship was built in 1990 as ZIM America for the shipping company Zim by Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft AG in , . is situated 200 metres east of Astrolabe Reef.

Astrolabe Reef

Latitude
-37.54061° or 37° 32′ 26″ south
Longitude
176.42698° or 176° 25′ 37″ east
Named after
Astrolabe
Open location code
4VJRFC5G+QQ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1136093259
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­reef
Wiki­data ID
Q751578
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Satellite Map

Discover Astrolabe Reef from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Norwegian Nynorsk—“Astrolabe Reef” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “Astrolabe Reef”
  • French: “Récif de l’Astrolabe”
  • German: “Astrolabe Reef”
  • Italian: “Astrolabe Reef”
  • Italian: “Scogliera di Astrolabe”
  • Maori: “Ōtāiti”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Astrolabe Reef”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Astrolabe Reef”
  • Norwegian: “Astrolabe Reef”

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