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Ruapuke Island

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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, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/37651/ruapuke-island (accessed 10 June 2026).

Story by Carl Walrond, published 30 November 2012, updated 1 May 2015.