The location of Banks Peninsula in the South Island
Banks Peninsula and Christchurch, in a 2021 NASA satellite photoBanks Peninsula, with Lyttelton Harbour / Whakaraupō on the right and Lake Ellesmere / Te Waihora in the backgroundEuropean ships, possibly French, in Akaroa in the early 19th centuryAkaroa Harbour, Banks Peninsula with storm clouds overhead (December 2020)
Banks Peninsula is a peninsula of volcanic origin on the east coast of the South Island of New Zealand. It has an area of approximately 1,150 square kilometres (440 sq mi) and encompasses two large harbours and many smaller bays and coves. The South Island's largest city, Christchurch, is immediately north of the peninsula.
172°49′59″E / 43.750°S 172.833°E / -43.750; 172.833 BanksPeninsulaBanksPeninsula is a peninsula of volcanic origin on the east coast of the South Island...
The BanksPeninsula Volcano is an extinct volcanic complex to the east of Christchurch on New Zealand's South Island. While the volcano is highly eroded...
The BanksPeninsula District is a former territorial authority in New Zealand. BanksPeninsula District was formed through the 1989 local government reforms...
The Mayor of BanksPeninsula was the head of the municipal government of BanksPeninsula District, New Zealand. The mayor was directly elected using the...
full-power FM stations. The following stations broadcast in Akaroa or the BanksPeninsula area. The following stations broadcast in the Ashburton or Mid Canterbury...
to the south by BanksPeninsula. The Avon River / Ōtākaro flows through the centre of the city, with a large urban park along its banks. Christchurch has...
the similar timing Banks Volcano. In the period from 20 to 5 million years ago two large basalt shield volcanoes, the BanksPeninsula Volcano which also...
from the Currituck Banks in the north, closed. As a result, the Currituck Banks and Bodie Island are now one contiguous peninsula, joined at the Nags...
northern shore of Chatham Island date back only about five million years. BanksPeninsula comprises the eroded remnants of two large stratovolcanoes, Lyttelton...
names in the South Pacific: BanksPeninsula on the South Island, New Zealand; the Banks Islands in modern-day Vanuatu; the Banks Strait between Tasmania and...
elected as a Member of the New Zealand House of Representatives for BanksPeninsula, representing the National Party, in the 2023 New Zealand general election...
the Southern Alps. On the coast, just southeast of Christchurch, is BanksPeninsula, composed of two large mainly basaltic Miocene volcanoes. All basement...
Akaroa is a small town on BanksPeninsula in the Canterbury Region of the South Island of New Zealand, situated within a harbour of the same name. The...
Kaikōura. By the 1730s, Kāi Tahu had settled in Canterbury, including BanksPeninsula. From there they spread further south and into the West Coast. In 1827–28...
the Korean Peninsula in the south, and from just east of the Qian Mountains to a now-disappeared large wetland between the western banks of middle Liao...
Waitaki Valley in New Zealand although most commonly found on the BanksPeninsula. It is a low growing shrub ,reaching a height of around 2 metres. This...
strictissima, the BanksPeninsula hebe, is a species of flowering plant in the family Plantaginaceae. It is only found on BanksPeninsula in New Zealand...
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