South Island
The South Island of New Zealand is characterised by grand, open landscapes and a great sense of freedom in the sparsely populated areas away from the Christchurch and Dunedin conurbations of the east coast.Tap on the map to travel |
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Popular Destinations
Christchurch
Christchurch is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the third most-populous urban area in the country.Dunedin
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Dunedin is the main city of the Otago region and the second-largest city on the South Island of New Zealand.
Southern Alps
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The Southern Alps are a range of mountains that run the length of the South Island of New Zealand.
Destinations
Canterbury
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Canterbury is a region on the east coast of the South Island of New Zealand.
West Coast
The West Coast is a region of the western South Island of New Zealand that's long and relatively narrow, squeezed between the Southern Alps and the Tasman Sea.Otago
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Otago is a region of the South Island of New Zealand whose hilly country and sheltered valleys produce a variety of climates and some spectacular scenery.
Nelson Bays
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The Nelson Bays region, officially known as the Tasman Region, at the top of the South Island of New Zealand is famed for sunshine, art and craft and alternative lifestyles, and has a rugged farming backbone.
Marlborough
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Marlborough is a region at the north-eastern end of the South Island of New Zealand, chock full of great food to eat and intriguing sights to see.
Queenstown-Lakes
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Queenstown-Lakes is the far inland district of Otago in the South Island of New Zealand.
South Island
- Type: Island with 1,140,000 residents
- Description: one of the two main New Zealandian islands
- Location: New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude of centre
-43° or 43° southLongitude of centre
171° eastPopulation
1,140,000Elevation
106 metres (348 feet)GeoNames ID
2182504Wikidata ID
Q120755South Island Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Achinese: Te Waipounamu
- Afrikaans: Suid-Eiland
- Afrikaans: Suid Eiland
- Afrikaans: Suideiland
- Afrikaans: Te Waipounamu
- Arabic: Purô Salatan
- Arabic: Te Waipounamu
- Arabic: الجزيرة الجنوبية
- Arabic: الجزيره الجنوبيه
- Aragonese: Isla d'o Sud
- Aragonese: Te Waipounamu
- Armenian: Te Waipounamu
- Armenian: Հարավային կղզի
- Asturian: Islla Sur
- Asturian: Te Waipounamu
- Azerbaijani: Cənub adası
- Azerbaijani: Te Waipounamu
- Bashkir: Te Waipounamu
- Bashkir: Көньяҡ утрау
- Basque: Hego Uharte
- Basque: Hego uhartea
- Basque: Te Waipounamu
- Belarusian: Te Waipounamu
- Belarusian: Паўднёвая выспа
- Belarusian: Паўднёвы востраў, Новая Зеландыя
- Belarusian: Паўднёвы востраў
- Bengali: South Island
- Bengali: Te Waipounamu
- Bengali: The Mainland
- Bengali: দক্ষিণ দ্বীপ
- Bhojpuri: Te Waipounamu
- Bhojpuri: साउथ आइलैंड
- Breton: Enez ar Su
- Breton: Te Waipounamu
- Bulgarian: Te Waipounamu
- Bulgarian: Южен остров
- Catalan: Illa Sud
- Catalan: Illa del Sud
- Catalan: Illa sud de Nova Zelanda
- Catalan: Te Waipounamu
- Catalan: illa del Sud
- Cebuano: South Island (pulo sa New Zealand, lat -43,00, long 171,00)
- Cebuano: South Island
- Cebuano: Te Waipounamu
- Chinese: Lâm-tó
- Chinese: Te Waipounamu
- Chinese: 南岛
- Chinese: 南島
- Chinese: 新西兰南岛
- Chinese: 特瓦普納姆
- Corsican: Isula di u Sudu
- Croatian: Južni otok
- Croatian: South Island
- Croatian: Te Waipounamu
- Czech: Jižní ostrov
- Czech: Te Waipounamu
- Danish: Sydøen
- Danish: Te Waipounamu
- Dutch: Zuidereiland
- Egyptian Arabic: Te Waipounamu
- Egyptian Arabic: الجزيره الجنوبيه
- English: Southern Island
- English: Te Waipounamu
- English: The Mainland
- Esperanto: Sud-Zelando
- Esperanto: Suda Insulo
- Esperanto: Te Waipounamu
- Estonian: Lõunasaar
- Estonian: Te Waipounamu
- Finnish: Eteläsaari
- Finnish: South Island
- Finnish: Southern Island
- Finnish: Te Waipounamu
- French: South Island
- French: Te Waipounamu
- French: Île du Sud
- French: île du Sud
- Galician: Illa Sur, Nova Celandia
- Galician: Illa Sur, Nova Zelandia
- Galician: Te Waipounamu
- Georgian: Te Waipounamu
- Georgian: სამხრეთი კუნძული
- Georgian: სამხრეთ კუნძული
- German: Südinsel
- German: Te Wai Pounamu
- German: Te Waipounamu
- German: Te Waka a Māui
- Greek: Te Waipounamu
- Greek: Νότιο Νησί
- Greek: Νότιος Νήσος Νέας Ζηλανδίας
- Hebrew: Te Waipounamu
- Hebrew: האי הדרומי
- Hebrew: סאות' איילנד
- Hebrew: סאות איילנד
- Hindi: Te Waipounamu
- Hindi: दक्षिण द्वीप
- Hungarian: Déli-sziget
- Hungarian: Te Waipounamu
- Icelandic: Suðurey
- Icelandic: Te Waipounamu
- Indonesian: Pulau Selatan
- Indonesian: South Island
- Indonesian: Te Waipounamu
- Irish: An tOileán Theas
- Irish: Oileán Theas na Nua-Shéalainne
- Irish: Te Waipounamu
- Italian: Isola del Sud
- Italian: South Island
- Italian: Te Waipounamu
- Japanese: Te Waipounamu
- Japanese: ニュージーランド南島
- Japanese: 南島
- Kalaallisut: Qeqertaq Kujalleq
- Kalaallisut: Te Waipounamu
- Kazakh: Te Waipounamu
- Kazakh: Оңтүстік (арал, Жаңа Зеландия)
- Korean: Te Waipounamu
- Korean: 남섬
- Latin: Insula Australis (Nova Zelandia)
- Latin: Insula Australis
- Latin: Te Waipounamu
- Latvian: Dienvidsala
- Latvian: Te Waipounamu
- Lithuanian: Pietinė sala
- Lithuanian: Pietų sala
- Lithuanian: Te Waipounamu
- Lombard: Isola del Sud
- Lombard: Te Waipounamu
- Lower Sorbian: Pódpołdnjowa kupa (Nowoseelandska)
- Lower Sorbian: Pódpołdnjowa kupa
- Lower Sorbian: Te Waipounamu
- Macedonian: Te Waipounamu
- Macedonian: Јужен Остров
- Malay: Pulau Selatan
- Maori: Te Wai-pounamu
- Maori: Te Wai Pounamu
- Maori: Te Waipounamu
- Maori: Te Waka-a-Māui
- Marathi: Te Waipounamu
- Marathi: दक्षिण बेट, न्यू झीलँड
- Marathi: दक्षिण बेट, न्यू झीलंड
- Min Nan Chinese: Lâm-tó (New Zealand)
- Mingrelian: Te Waipounamu
- Mingrelian: ობჟათე კოკი
- Moroccan Arabic: Te Waipounamu
- Moroccan Arabic: لݣزيرة دلجانوب
- Norwegian: Sørøya
- Norwegian Bokmål: Sørøya
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Sørøya på New Zealand
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): South Island
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): Sūðerne Īeg
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): Sūþīeg
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): Te Waipounamu
- Persian: Te Waipounamu
- Persian: جزیره جنوبی
- Persian: جزیرهٔ جنوبی
- Pitcairn-Norfolk: Sauth Ailen
- Polish: Wyspa Południowa
- Portuguese: Ilha Sul
- Portuguese: Ilha do sul
- Portuguese: Te Waipounamu
- Quechua: Isla Sur
- Quechua: South Island
- Quechua: Te Wai Pounamu
- Quechua: Te Waipounamu
- Quechua: Urin Wat'a
- Romanian: Insula de Sud
- Romanian: South Island
- Russian: Christchurch
- Russian: Te Waipounamu
- Russian: Южный
- Russian: Южный остров
- Scottish Gaelic: Eilean a Deas, Sealainn Nuadh
- Scottish Gaelic: Eilean a Deas
- Scottish Gaelic: Te Waipounamu
- Serbian: Južno ostrvo
- Serbian: South Island
- Serbian: Te Waipounamu
- Serbian: Јужно острво
- Serbo-Croatian: Christchurch
- Serbo-Croatian: Južni otok
- Serbo-Croatian: Te Waipounamu
- Slovak: Južný ostrov
- Slovak: South Island
- Slovak: Te Waipounamu
- Slovenian: Južni otok
- Slovenian: Te Waipounamu
- Spanish: Isla Sur
- Spanish: Isla del Sur
- Spanish: South Island
- Spanish: Te Wai Pounamu
- Spanish: Te Waipounamu
- Swahili: Kisiwa cha Kusini (New Zealand)
- Swahili: Te Waipounamu
- Swedish: South Island
- Swedish: Southern Island
- Swedish: Sydön
- Swedish: Södra ön
- Swedish: Te Waipounamu
- Sylheti: Te Waipounamu
- Tamil: South Island
- Tamil: Southern Island
- Tamil: Te Waipounamu
- Tamil: தெற்கு தீவு
- Tamil: தெற்குத் தீவு
- Thai: South Island
- Thai: Te Waipounamu
- Thai: เกาะใต้
- Tok Pisin: Saut Ailan
- Tok Pisin: Te Waipounamu
- Turkish: Güney Adası
- Turkish: Te Waipounamu
- Turkmen: Günorta ada
- Turkmen: Te Waipounamu
- Ukrainian: Te Waipounamu
- Ukrainian: Південна Зеландія
- Ukrainian: Південний острів
- Ukrainian: Південний острів Нової Зеландії
- Upper Sorbian: Južna kupa
- Upper Sorbian: Te Waipounamu
- Urdu: Te Waipounamu
- Urdu: جنوبی جزیرہ
- Uzbek: Janubiy Orol
- Uzbek: Janubiy orol
- Uzbek: Te Waipounamu
- Vietnamese: South Island
- Vietnamese: Te Waipounamu
- Vietnamese: Đảo Nam, New Zealand
- Vietnamese: Đảo Nam
- Waray (Philippines): Isla Salatan
- Waray (Philippines): Isla Timogan
- Waray (Philippines): Isla Timugan
- Waray (Philippines): Isla ha Salatan
- Waray (Philippines): Puro Salatan
- Waray (Philippines): Puro Timogan
- Waray (Philippines): Puro Timugan
- Waray (Philippines): Puro ha Salatan
- Waray (Philippines): Purô Salatan
- Waray (Philippines): Purô Timugan
- Waray (Philippines): Purô ha Salatan
- Waray (Philippines): South Island
- Waray (Philippines): Te Waipounamu
- Welsh: Te Waipounamu
- Welsh: Ynys y De, Seland Newydd
- Welsh: Ynys y De
- Western Frisian: Súdeilân
- Western Frisian: Súdereilân
- Western Mari: Te Waipounamu
- Western Mari: Кечӹвӓлвелнӹш
- Wu Chinese: Te Waipounamu
- Wu Chinese: 南岛 (新西兰)
- Yue Chinese: Te Waipounamu
- Yue Chinese: 南島
- Kisiwa cha Kusini
- Оңтүстік
- 南岛(新西兰)
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