Rangitata Island
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Rangitata Island is a long lenticular-shaped island in the delta of the braided Rangitata River in Canterbury, New Zealand, approximately halfway between Timaru and Ashburton, New Zealand. The island is approximately 17 kilometres in length, and is about five kilometres wide at its widest point. Low lying, its fertile land is mostly farmland.
One of the country's largest delta islands, it is also the only one crossed by State Highway 1 (at the island's northern end), and the only place where the highway leaves either of the country's two main islands.
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