Calliope Island is an unofficial name for an island near

Whangārei Whangārei () is the northernmost city in New Zealand and the regional capital of Northland Region. It is part of the Whangarei District, Whangārei District, a local body created in 1989 from the former Whangārei City, Whangārei County and ...

New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...

. The tiny, roughly triangular-shaped island, is located in Urquhart Bay, just within the mouth of

Whangārei Harbour Whangārei Harbour is a large harbour on the east coast of the North Island of New Zealand. The harbour stretches from Whangārei City, and the termination of the Hātea River, south east around the Onerahi peninsula and out to the Pacific Oce ...

. In the early 20th or late 19th century, Calliope Island's plant life was subject to illegal burning.

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Islands of the Northland Region Uninhabited islands of New Zealand {{Northland-geo-stub