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Dog Island (New Zealand)

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Dog Island (Motu Piu in Māori) is located in Foveaux Strait some 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) from Bluff, New Zealand. It holds New Zealand's tallest lighthouse and since the maritime structure was fully automated in 1989, the island has been uninhabited.

Adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Photography via Wikimedia Commons.

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