Bluff is a town and seaport in the Southland region, on the southern coast of the South Island of New Zealand. It is the southern-most town in New Zealand Image File history File links NZ-Bluff. ... Image File history File links NZ-Bluff. ... Categories: Stub | Commercial item transport and distribution | Transportation ...   Categories: New Zealand-related stubs | Southland, New Zealand | Territorial Authorities of New Zealand ... The South Island The South Island forms one of the two major islands of New Zealand, the other being the North Island. ...

Bluff is at the end of a peninsula that forms the western side of Bluff Harbour and Awarua Bay, with the port located in the relatively narrow entrance channel. It is on State Highway 1, which terminates one kilometre to the south of the town at Stirling Point. It is 30 km by road from Invercargill, and the southern terminus of the Bluff Branch, the continuation from Invercargill of the Main South Line. This was one of New Zealand's earliest railways, opening on 5 February 1867. Peninsula A peninsula (from Latin paene insula, almost island) is a geographical formation consisting of an extension of land from a larger body, surrounded by water on three sides. ... The New Zealand State Highway Shield. ... Invercargill is the southernmost and westernmost city in New Zealand, and one of the southernmost settlements in the world. ... The Bluff Branch is a railway line in Southland, New Zealand that links Invercargill with the port of Bluff. ... The Main South Line is half of the South Island Main Trunk Railway in New Zealand and runs south from Lyttelton through Christchurch and down the east coast of the South Island to Invercargill via Dunedin. ... February 5 is the 36th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1867 (MDCCCLXVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...

According to the 2001 New Zealand Census of Population and Dwellings the usually resident population was 1935, a decrease of 150 since 1996. 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... The New Zealand government Department Statistics New Zealand conducts a census of population and dwellings every five years. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ...

Among the attractions of the town is the Paua house, created by the (now deceased) Fred and Myrtle Flutey. This house was an ordinary bungalow transformed by having the outside walls totally covered in paua shells. The interior is also extensively decorated with paua and there is an extensive collection of (often kitsch) paua-decorated ornaments, utensils and trinkets. The house is now a museum. A row of bungalows in Virginia A bungalow is any single story house. ... A piece of abalone shell Abalone is the Spanish name used in the United States for various species of shellfish (mollusks) from the Haliotidae family (genus Haliotis), with a richly coloured (on the inside--the outside is rough and mostly brown) shell yielding mother-of-pearl. ... Art in questionable taste is sometimes referred to as kitsch Kitsch is a German term meaning trash that has been used to categorize art that is considered an inferior copy of an existing style. ... The National Gallery in London, a famous museum. ...

Bluff is dominated by Bluff Hill, an extinct volcanic cone which provides some shelter from the prevailing westerly winds.There is a world class walk along the shore through native bush up to this point. The town is named for this bluff, which was known to early whalers as Old Man's Bluff or Old Man Bluff. Across the channel from Bluff is Tiwai Point, home to New Zealand's only aluminium smelter and its wharf. In biology and ecology, extinction is the ceasing of existence of a species or group of species. ... Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō, a cinder-and-spatter cone on Kilauea, Hawaii Volcanic cones are among the simplest volcano formations. ... This article is about the New Zealand town of Bluff. ... The crew of the oceanographic research vessel Princesse Alice, of Albert Grimaldi (later Prince Albert I of Monaco) pose while flensing a catch Whaling refers to the practice, history and industries associated with the hunting and killing of whales. ... Tiwai Point lies at the entrance to Bluff Harbour on the southern coast of the South Island of New Zealand. ... This article or section contains information that has not been verified and thus might not be reliable. ... Historic smelter in Florence, Colorado In extractive metallurgy, a smelter is a factory for producing metal by the reduction of ore. ... A wharf is a fixed platform, commonly on pilings, roughly parallel to and alongside navigable water, where ships are loaded and unloaded. ...

Bluff Harbour is the terminus for the twice-daily catamaran ferry to Stewart Island/Rakiura, 60 km south across Foveaux Strait.It is the main gateway for NZ ships heading down to the Antarctic. The harbour is also home to the Foveaux Strait oyster fleet. Bluff oysters are renowned for their succulence and flavour, and are considered a delicacy nationwide. Unfortunately the oyster quota was severely reduced during the late 1990s due to the effects of the toxic protozoan parasite Bonamia ostreae upon the oyster beds. A harbor (or harbour) or haven is a place where ships may shelter from the weather or are stored. ... It has been suggested that Catamaran History be merged into this article or section. ... The Pride of Burgundy, a P&O Ferries car ferry on the Dover-Calais route A ferry is a boat or a ship carrying passengers, and sometimes their vehicles, on scheduled services. ... Stewart Island/Rakiura is the third largest island of New Zealand. ... Foveaux Strait is the strait between the South Island and Stewart Island of New Zealand. ... Crassostrea gigas, Marennes-Oléron Crassostrea gigas, Marennes-Oléron Crassostrea gigas, Marennes-Oléron, opened The name oyster is used for a number of different groups of mollusks which grow for the most part in marine or brackish water. ... A fishing fleet is an aggregate of commercial fishing vessels. ... The 1990s decade refers to the years from 1990 to 1999, inclusive. ... Protozoa (in Greek protos = first and zoon = animal) are single-celled creatures with nuclei that show some characteristics usually associated with animals, most notably mobility and heterotrophy. ... A parasite is an organism that spends a significant portion of its life in or on the living tissue of a host organism and which causes harm to the host without immediately killing it. ...

Panorama of the view from the summit of Bluff Hill near Invercargill

Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (15574x1767, 3837 KB) Description: This is a panorama from the summit of Bluff Hill near Bluff (not surprisingly), in New Zealand. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (15574x1767, 3837 KB) Description: This is a panorama from the summit of Bluff Hill near Bluff (not surprisingly), in New Zealand. ...

References

• Reed, A. W. (2002). The Reed Dictionary of New Zealand Place Names. Auckland: Reed Books. ISBN 0-7900-0761-4.

External link

• Bluff Website