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Much of eastern Waiheke island is the remains of a Miocene volcano of the Kiwitahi Group, which erupted approximately 15 million years ago. [7] There are locations of interest to geologists: an argillite outcrop in Ōmiha, and a chert stack at the end of Pohutukawa Point, considered "one of the best exposures of folded chert in Auckland City".
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. Download coordinates as: KML; GPX (all coordinates) ... Waiheke Island Aerodrome 136 m (445 ft) 630 m (2,067 ft) ...
Waiheke Island Aerodrome is situated on the top of a ridge line south of Onetangi Bay and is the only airport on Waiheke Island. It is privately owned and operated and prior permission to land is required. The airport is used primarily for residents of and visitors to Waiheke Island where Waiheke
[9] [10] The North Island is less mountainous than the South Island, [8] although a series of narrow mountain ranges form a roughly north-east belt that rises up to 1,700 metres (5,600 ft). Much of the surviving forest is located in this belt, and in other mountain areas and rolling hills. [11] The North Island has many isolated volcanic peaks.
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Ostend is a settlement on Waiheke Island, in New Zealand's Hauraki Gulf within the Auckland Region.Ostend is located in the west of the island, on and around a small peninsula which juts into Putiki Bay, one of two large indentations in the island's southwest coast.
Whakanewha is located in central Waiheke Island, on the southern coast. The regional park extends from the ridge line towards Rocky Bay / Whakanewha Bay, and includes the catchments of three streams which flow into the bay. The forest is dominated by broadleaf trees including taraire and pūriri, and podocarp trees such as kahikatea and ...
It includes Te Matuku Bay, one of the largest and least disturbed estuaries on Waiheke Island, as well as a surrounding area of sea. [1] It covers an area of 690 ha (1,700 acres) and was established in 2003. [2] The bay and marine reserve are named after the now-rare matuku or Australasian bittern. [3]