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New Zealand · Geography · Hard
What is the name of the 35-kilometre-long sandspit at the northern tip of the South Island, the longest natural sandspit in the country and an internationally significant wetland for migratory birds?
Answer: Farewell Spit — Farewell Spit (Onetahua) extends eastward from Cape Farewell into Golden Bay, is a Ramsar wetland site, and has been the site of numerous whale strandings, including a mass stranding of over 600 pilot whales in 2017.
- A Ninety Mile Beach
- B Ocean Beach
- C Farewell Spit ✓
- D Wharariki Beach
Farewell Spit (Onetahua) extends eastward from Cape Farewell into Golden Bay, is a Ramsar wetland site, and has been the site of numerous whale strandings, including a mass stranding of over 600 pilot whales in 2017.