Quail Island

Local name
LocationCanterbury, New Zealand

Quail Island officially Ōtamahua / Quail Island is an 81 ha uninhabited island within Lyttelton Harbour / Whakaraupō in the South Island of New Zealand, close to Christchurch. The island was given its European name by Captain William Mein Smith who saw native quail here in 1842; though they were already extinct by 1875. Ōtamahua means 'the place where children collect sea eggs'. Te Kawakawa refers to the pepper trees found on the island.

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Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quail_Island,_New_Zealand

Address 8971, New Zealand

Coordinates -43°37'43.935" N 172°41'22.143" E

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