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    Farewell Spit (Māori: Onetahua) is a narrow sand spit at the northern end of the Golden Bay, in the South Island of New Zealand. The spit includes around...
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    The longest spit in a freshwater body of water is Long Point, Ontario, which extends approximately 32 km (20 mi) into Lake Erie. Farewell Spit in New Zealand...
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    Cape Farewell is a headland in New Zealand, the most northerly point on the South Island. It is located just west of Farewell Spit (Onetahua). First mapped...
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    The Farewell Spit Lighthouse is located at the end of New Zealand's longest sand spit in Golden Bay / Mohua, near the northern tip of the South Island...
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    District, 18 kilometres (11 mi) north of Collingwood, at the foot of Farewell Spit. The spit's airstrip, Triangle Flat Airstrip is just northeast of Pūponga...
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    Bay, New Zealand – A renowned area for pilot whale mass strandings on Farewell Spit in Cook Strait Whaling Blood, Matt D. (2012). Beached Whales: A Personal...
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    England to New Zealand, having made about 11 journeys before grounding on Farewell Spit in 1877. Lloyd's Register includes three vessels named Queen Bee around...
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  • about 3 kilometres (2 mi) south of the southern end of the road from Farewell Spit and Collingwood. List of rivers of New Zealand Land Information New...
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  • in World War II Queen Bee (ship), an 1852 barque that ran aground on Farewell Spit, New Zealand in 1877 Queen Bee (steamer) a 1907 steam collier that sunk...
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    ecotourism destination due to its proximity to Kahurangi National Park and Farewell Spit Nature Reserve. The town was originally named Gibbstown after the local...
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    in 2008. On the South Island, gannets began breeding at the end of Farewell Spit in 1983, in an area known as Shellbanks—a 2 m (7 ft) high area of shells...
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  • on Farewell Spit: Giant Squid – 23.08.04. Farewell Spit Eco Tours, 23 August 2004. (second page) [Anon.] (2004e). Giant Squid found at Farewell Spit. Aotearoa...
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  • March 2024. Retrieved 29 September 2024. "Kahurangi National Park, Farewell Spit and Canaan karst system". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Archived from...
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  • Spit Sazalniksk Spit Yasensk Spit Yeysk Spit Ukraine Belosaraysk Spit Berdyansk Spit Fedotova Spit Krivaya Spit Obytichna Spit Arabat Spit Tuzla Spit...
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    / Te Tai-o-Aorere and Cook Strait. It is protected in the north by Farewell Spit, a 26 km long arm of fine golden sand that is the country's longest...
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    Archway Islands. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Wharariki Beach. "Farewell Spit and Puponga Farm Park tracks". Department of Conservation NZ. Retrieved...
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    ranging from the Buller River near Murchison in the south, to the base of Farewell Spit in Golden Bay in the north. The park has no single dominant landform...
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    invasion of the South Island. They took over much of the area from Farewell Spit to the Wairau River. British immigrant ships from England arrived in...
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  • Calderwood Peninsula Cape Campbell Cape Foulwind D'Urville Peninsula Farewell Spit Five Fingers Peninsula Kaikōura Peninsula Kaitangata / Mansons Peninsula...
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    October 2024. "Line-transect survey of Hector's dolphin abundance between Farewell Spit and Motunau" (PDF). www.doc.govt.nz. 2000. Retrieved 2 May 2022. "ArcGIS...
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  • northernmost settlement in the South Island is Pūponga, close to the foot of Farewell Spit. Tākaka is the northernmost South Island urban area with at least 1000...
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    Rocks near the town of Punakaiki on the edge of Paparoa National Park; Farewell Spit at the north of the island, the longest sandspit in New Zealand; the...
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    Volunteers attempt to keep body temperatures of beached pilot whales from rising at Farewell Spit, New Zealand....
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    (Stephens Island) 1894 15m Active Farewell Spit 40°33′S 173°00′E / 40.550°S 173.000°E / -40.550; 173.000 (Farewell Spit) 1870 27m Active Kahurangi Point...
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    Bull polishing (redirect from Spit shine)
    Bulling, Bull polishing, spit polishing, mirror shining or spit shining refers to a method for polishing leather products, usually leather dress shoes...
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    to Archway Islands. "Untitled". Topomap. Retrieved 2 October 2024. "Farewell Spit and Pūponga Farm Park tracks". Department of Conservation. Retrieved...
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  • demand and preset scenic routes around the national parks as well as Farewell Spit. Golden Bay Air originated in November 2005 as Zephair Limited, and...
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    parts of Africa. Over 600 pilot whales were involved in a stranding at Farewell Spit, New Zealand on February 9, 2017. This was the second largest mass stranding...
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    possible migration routes of Red Knots and Bar-tailed Godwits from Farewell Spit, North West Nelson. Emu 97:108–120 Battley, Phil F.; Warnock, Nils;...
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    communications from the site. Following the stranding of the vessel Ruapehu on Farewell Spit in 1897, commentators noted that several lighthouses around the coast...
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