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Stewart Island covers 1,747.72 km 2 (674.80 sq mi) [1] including the offshore islands, the most sizeable being Ruapuke Island, Codfish Island / Whenua Hou and Taukihepa / Big South Cape Island. It had an estimated population of 460 as of June 2024, [ 3 ] with a population density of 0.26 people per km 2 .
Stewart Island is an island of the Andaman Islands. It belongs to the North and Middle Andaman administrative district, part of the Indian union territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. [5] The island lies 150 km (93 mi) north of Port Blair. Its population only consists of two people.
Halfmoon Bay lies on the eastern coast of Stewart Island / Rakiura in New Zealand. Halfmoon Bay, 1977. The town of Oban lies in the bay. A small fishing fleet and a ferry service from Bluff use the bay. The gardens of Moturau Moana built by Isabel Noeline Baker, are New Zealand's southernmost public gardens. [1]
Oban is the principal settlement on Stewart Island, the southernmost inhabited island of the New Zealand archipelago. Oban is centred on Halfmoon Bay (sometimes used as an alternative name for the town), and stretches over a peninsula to Paterson Inlet .
The county must move the ferry embarkation site by Jan. 1, but as officials scramble to make arrangements, residents and business owners near the new boat landing worry that parking and traffic ...
Rakiura National Park covers close to 1,400 square kilometres (540 sq mi), [3] which is about 85% of Stewart Island / Rakiura, New Zealand's third-largest island. The park area excludes the township area around Halfmoon Bay and some roads as well as private or Māori-owned land further inland. [1]
In October 2023, the North Carolina Utilities Commission approved Bald Head Island Limited’s application to transfer the ferry, tram, parking, barge and tug services to SharpVue Capital LLC.
Foveaux Strait (/ f oʊ v oʊ / FOH-voh; Māori: Te Ara-a-Kiwa, lit. 'the Path of Kiwa') is a strait that separates Stewart Island from the South Island of New Zealand. The width of the strait ranges from about 23 to 53 km (14 to 33 mi), and the depth varies between 18 and 46 m (59 and 151 ft).