Scinde Island

Scinde Island

Scinde Island, Napier, New Zealand is a limestone outcrop rising above the lowland districts of Napier. The North-East end is known as Bluff Hill or Napier Hill has a steep cliff face overlooking the harbour of Port Napier. The "island" was once almost surrounded with water with just a couple of shingle spits stretching north and South. After the 1931 Earthquake the land was raised and the sea receded.There are a number of housing on napier hill aproximitly 30% of napier liveon napier hill.And the is a old hospital which closed in the year 2000.


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