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Karamuramu Island

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Karamuramu Island
Karamuramu Island. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

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Karamuramu Island is a privately owned island located in the Hauraki Gulf, to the east of the city of Auckland, New Zealand. It is located to the south of Pakihi Island, in Kawakawa Bay (east of Beachlands and north-east of Clevedon).

It is just over 1 km offshore from Waitawa Regional Park.

The island has an area of about 6.5 hectares (16 acres). The island is the site of a quarry which extracts a decorative red-coloured chert known as "McCallum chip". This, along with sand from the island, is primarily used as in aggregates to make decorative red concrete.

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

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