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Adele Island
Adele Island may refer to: * Adele Island (New Zealand), off the northern coast of the South Island of New Zealand * Adele Island (Western Australia), off the Kimberley coast of Western Australia {{geodab ...
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Adele Island (New Zealand)
Motuareronui / Adele Island is a small island off the coast of the South Island of New Zealand. It is contained within Abel Tasman National Park. The navigator and botanist Jules Dumont d'Urville charted the island in 1827. In the 1850s, the island and nearby Fisherman Island (New Zealand), Fisherman Island were purchased by a Nelson customs collector, but were later confiscated by the government due to misuse of funds. Both islands became scenic reserves in 1895. These islands shelter the waterway known as the Astrolabe Roadstead from Tasman Bay / Te Tai-o-Aorere, making it popular with kayakers and boaties. Etymology Dumont d'Urville named the island after his wife Adèle Dumont d'Urville, Adele Pépin, and also named the adjacent Fisherman Island (New Zealand), Fisherman Island, along with the Astrolabe Roadstead, which he named after his ship, French ship Astrolabe (1811), the ''Astrolabe''. In August 2014, the island name was officially altered to Motuareronui / Adele ...
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