Tag: “South Island”

72 places found.

  1. Dart River, Glenorchy, New Zealand

    Glacial silt gives the icy waters of the Dart River a decidedly turquoise tint. The best way to see the river and the surrounding terrain (locations for the Lord of the Rings films) is strapped in to one of the seats in the local shallow-hulled jet boats.

  2. Mount Tutoko

    Mount Tutoko is a 8,934 foot mountain on the Ngapunatoru Plateau of the Southern Alps, a mountain chain that forms the spine of New Zealand's South Island.

  3. Tangier Island

    Small Island in the Chesapeake Bay, populated mostly by Crab Harvesters, known as Watermen.

  4. Mgadikgadi

    This is a complex of saltpans, a huge, flat expanses of hot, sun-baked terrain fringed by vegetated islands on vast shallow inland seas. For the majority of the year, the pans are dry and desolate – the only remains of the vast super lake that once covered over 60 000 square kiometres of the area.

  5. Rock Island

    Rock Island, Wisconsin: A Place Where Solitude Reigns.

    At the mouth of Green Bay lies Rock Island, a place whose rich history is matched by it’s natural beauty. The island’s ideal location was coveted by a variety of inhabitants.

  6. Hamilton Island

  7. aberdare

    Aberdare South Colliery in New South Wales closed in 1927 , the adjoining trainline was lifted in the 1970's. The wheel house and chimney remains still to this day.The lagoon was used to supply water to the colliery and steam trains that loaded at Aberdare South.

  8. Seabrook Island

    Seabrook Island, on the South Carolina coast, 35 minutes from Charleston. Located on the banks of the Edisto River and the Atlantic Ocean.

  9. Cool Beans

  10. Coffee Underground