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North Island   /nɔrθ ˈaɪlənd/   Listen
North Island

noun
1.
The smaller but more populous of two main islands of New Zealand; separated from South Island by Cook Strait.



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"North Island" Quotes from Famous Books



... 1,328 km west-southwest of Honolulu in the North Pacific Ocean, about one-third of the way between Hawaii and the Marshall Islands; Johnston Island and Sand Island are natural islands; North Island (Akau) and East Island (Hikina) are manmade islands formed from coral dredging; closed to the public; ...
— The 1990 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency

... nesting, roosting, and foraging habitat for seabirds, shorebirds, and marine wildlife Johnston Atoll: Johnston Island and Sand Island are natural islands, which have been expanded by coral dredging; North Island (Akau) and East Island (Hikina) are manmade islands formed from coral dredging; the egg-shaped reef is 34 km in circumference Kingman Reef: barren coral atoll with deep interior lagoon; closed to the public Midway Islands: a coral atoll managed ...
— The 2007 CIA World Factbook • United States

... had been unusually successful, and prepared the way for the first emigrants, who landed at Wellington in the North Island in 1839. A year later the Maori Chiefs signed a treaty acknowledging the Sovereignty of Queen Victoria, and the colonisation of the ...
— Five Years in New Zealand - 1859 to 1864 • Robert B. Booth



Words linked to "North Island" :   New Zealand, island, New Zealand Islands



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