White Island

White Island is an uninhabited active volcanic island off the coast from in the in that you can fly over by plane or helicopter.
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: island volcano in New Zealand’s Bay of Plenty
  • Also known as: Whakaari”, “Whakaari / White Island”, “Whakaari Island”, “Whakaari/White Island”, and “Whakari
Photo: Pseudopanax, Public domain.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ngātoro Peak and Mount Gisborne.

Peak
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Te Hokowhitu and Poroporo.

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White Island

Latitude
-37.519° or 37° 31′ 8″ south
Longitude
177.1816° or 177° 10′ 54″ east
Elevation
101 metres (331 feet)
United Nations Location Code
NZ WHT
Open location code
4VJVF5JJ+CJ
Geo­Names ID
2179128
Wiki­data ID
Q557077
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Satellite Map

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

In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“White Island” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: الجزيرة البيضاء (نيوزيلندا)
  • Arabic: الجزيرة البيضاء
  • Basque: Whakaari/White uhartea
  • Catalan: Whakaari
  • Catalan: White Island
  • Cebuano: Whakaari/White Island
  • Cebuano: White Island
  • Chinese: 懷特島
  • Chinese: 白島 (紐西蘭)
  • Chuvash: Шурă утрав
  • Czech: Te Puia o Whakaari
  • Czech: Whakaari/White Island
  • Czech: Whakaari
  • Dutch: White Island
  • Esperanto: Blanka Insulo
  • Estonian: Valge saar
  • Estonian: Whakaari
  • Estonian: White Island
  • Finnish: Whakaari
  • French: Whakaari
  • French: Whakaari/White Island
  • French: White Island
  • Galician: Illa Whakaari / White
  • Galician: Illa Whakaari/White
  • German: Whakaari / White Island
  • German: Whakaari
  • German: Whakaari/White Island
  • German: White Island
  • Greek: Νήσος Χουάιτ (Νέα Ζηλανδία)
  • Greek: Νήσος Χουάιτ
  • Greek: Φακαάρι
  • Hebrew: האי וייט
  • Hebrew: ואקאארי
  • Icelandic: Whakaari/White Island
  • Inari Sami: Whakaari
  • Indonesian: Whakaari/White Island
  • Italian: Whakaari/White Island
  • Japanese: ファカアリ
  • Japanese: ホワイト島
  • Korean: 와카아리/화이트 섬
  • Korean: 화이트 섬
  • Korean: 화카아리/화이트섬
  • Macedonian: Бел Остров
  • Macedonian: Факари
  • Malay: Whakaari/White Island
  • Maori: Te Puia o Whakaari
  • Maori: Whakaari
  • Persian: جزیره سفید
  • Persian: جزیره واکاری
  • Persian: جزیره وایت
  • Polish: White
  • Polish: Wyspa Biała
  • Portuguese: Ilha Branca
  • Portuguese: Whakaari
  • Portuguese: Whakaari/Ilha Branca
  • Portuguese: Whakaari/White Island
  • Portuguese: White Island
  • Russian: остров Уайт
  • Russian: Уайт-Айленд
  • Russian: Факаари
  • Slovak: Te Puia o Whakaari
  • Slovak: White Island
  • Slovenian: Beli otok
  • Slovenian: Whakaari
  • Slovenian: White Island
  • Spanish: Isla Whakaari ana
  • Spanish: Isla Whakaari/White
  • Swedish: Whakaari/White Island
  • Tagalog: Whakaari/White Island
  • Tamil: வெள்ளைத் தீவு, நியூசிலாந்து
  • Welsh: Ynys Wen, Seland Newydd
  • Wu Chinese: 怀特岛 (新西兰)
  • Wu Chinese: 怀特岛(新西兰)
  • Yue Chinese: 懷特島

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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 “White Island”. Photo: Javiersanp, CC BY-SA 3.0.