Aiguilles Island
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Aiguilles Island is an uninhabited island
just to the northeast of Great Barrier Island
in the Northland Region of New Zealand
. The island reaches a height of 120 metres (394 ft) and is 47 km (29.2 mi) from the New Zealand mainland.
Island
An island or isle is any piece of sub-continental land that is surrounded by water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, cays or keys. An island in a river or lake may be called an eyot , or holm...
just to the northeast of Great Barrier Island
Great Barrier Island
Great Barrier Island is a large island of New Zealand, situated to the north-east of central Auckland in the outer Hauraki Gulf. With an area of it is the fourth-largest island of New Zealand's main chain of islands, with its highest point, Mount Hobson, rising...
in the Northland Region of New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
. The island reaches a height of 120 metres (394 ft) and is 47 km (29.2 mi) from the New Zealand mainland.