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  2. Nevis Highwire Platform - Wikipedia

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    Nevis Highwire Platform. Coordinates: 45°03′48.18″S 169°01′45.60″E. Nevis Bungy. The Nevis Bungy is a bungee jumping platform in the Southern Alps near Queenstown in New Zealand 's South Island. It is the third highest bungee jumping platform in the world at a height of 134 metres. It is suspended by high-tension cords, which are ...

  3. Kawarau Gorge Suspension Bridge - Wikipedia

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    The Kawarau Gorge Suspension Bridge spans the Kawarau River in the Otago region in the South Island of New Zealand. The bridge is mainly used for commercial purposes by the AJ Hackett Bungy Company for bungy jumping - the world's first commercial bungy jumping site. The bridge carries walkers, runners and bikers on the Queenstown Trail over the ...

  4. Kawarau Gorge - Wikipedia

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    The gorge is the site of several extreme sports, including bungy jumping at the Kawarau Gorge Suspension Bridge, and white-water sports such as kayaking [2] and riverboarding, [3] and one of only two known areas where the nationally critical endangered fungus weevil Cerius otagensis has been found.

  5. Bungee jumping - Wikipedia

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    Bungee jumping (/ ˈ b ʌ n dʒ i /), also spelled bungy jumping, is an activity that involves a person jumping from a great height while connected to a large elastic cord. The launching pad is usually erected on a tall structure such as a building or crane, a bridge across a deep ravine , or on a natural geographic feature such as a cliff.

  6. Agas-Agas Bridge - Wikipedia

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    The Agas-Agas Bridge is a prestressed concrete beam bridge on the Pan-Philippine Highway. The ₱ 1.024-billion bridge was funded partially by the Japan International Cooperation Agency. With a length of about 350 meters (1,150 ft) and a height of 89 meters (292 ft) above ground, [3] the center span of the structure measures 177 meters (581 ft ...

  7. A. J. Hackett - Wikipedia

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    A. J. Hackett. Allan John " A. J. " Hackett ONZM (born May 1958) is a New Zealand entrepreneur who popularised the extreme sport of bungy jumping. He made a bungy jump from the Eiffel Tower in 1987 and founded the first commercial bungy site in 1988. His daughter is freestyle skier, Margaux Hackett. [1]

  8. Skyline Queenstown - Wikipedia

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    Skyline Queenstown. Coordinates: 45.0266°S 168.6495°E. Top station of Skyline Queenstown. Skyline Queenstown is a tourist attraction service in Queenstown, New Zealand. Skyline provides a gondola, a restaurant at the top station, and a luge back to the base station. It is owned by Skyline Enterprises.

  9. Category:Bungee jumping sites - Wikipedia

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    Zero Gravity Amusement Park. Categories: Bungee jumping. Sports venues by sport. Tourist attractions.