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An annotated relief map. New Zealand is located in the South Pacific Ocean at , near the centre of the water hemisphere. [4] It is a long and narrow country, extending 1,600 kilometres (990 mi) along its north-north-east axis with a maximum width of 400 kilometres (250 mi). [5]
New Zealand. / 41.300°S 174.783°E / -41.300; 174.783. New Zealand ( Māori: Aotearoa [aɔˈtɛaɾɔa]) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island ( Te Ika-a-Māui) and the South Island ( Te Waipounamu )—and over 700 smaller islands.
A true-colour image of the South Island, after a powerful winter storm swept across New Zealand on 12 June 2006 Lake Ōhau Aoraki / Mount Cook is the tallest mountain in New Zealand. The South Island, with an area of 150,437 km 2 (58,084 sq mi), is the largest landmass of New Zealand; it contains about one-quarter of the New Zealand population ...
The northernmost, southernmost, westernmost, easternmost, highest and lowest points: [ 1] Northernmost point – Nugent Island, in the Kermadec Islands ( 29°13′54″S 177°52′09″W. / 29.23167°S 177.86917°W / -29.23167; -177.86917 ( Nugent Island) ) Southernmost point – Jacquemart Island (off the south coast of Campbell ...
Cook Strait ( Māori: Te Moana-o-Raukawa, lit. 'The Sea of Raukawa ') is a strait that separates North Island from the South Island of New Zealand. The strait connects the Tasman Sea on the northwest with the South Pacific Ocean on the southeast. It is 22 kilometres (14 mi) wide at its narrowest point, [ 1] and is considered one of the most ...
The North Island ( Māori: Te Ika-a-Māui, lit. 'the fish of Māui', officially North Island or Te Ika-a-Māui or historically New Ulster) is one of the two main islands of New Zealand, separated from the larger but less populous South Island by Cook Strait. With an area of 113,729 km 2 (43,911 sq mi), [ 1] it is the world's 14th-largest island ...
The Great South Road is a major arterial road on the Auckland isthmus and South Auckland. Originally the northern section of the earliest highway between Auckland and Wellington , in the North Island of New Zealand, the road was the main route connecting Auckland to Hamilton.
Inland Kaikōura Road. The Inland Kaikōura Road, formerly designated State Highway 70, is a provincial highway in the South Island of New Zealand that runs from just south of Kaikōura to just north of Culverden via Waiau and Rotherham. White shields are used to signify this highway. It forms part of the Alpine Pacific Triangle tourist route.