Story: Stewart Island/Rakiura

Ruapuke Island

Ruapuke Island

Ruapuke Island’s flat and deforested terrain is evident in this aerial photo, taken looking roughly north-east, with Lagoon Bay in the foreground and Henrietta Bay at top right, flanked by West Point and South Point (the furthest of the two).

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Carl Walrond, 'Stewart Island/Rakiura - Stewart Island places: east and south', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/photograph/37651/ruapuke-island (accessed 25 April 2024)

Story by Carl Walrond, updated 1 May 2015