Napier Hill

Napier Hill is a limestone outcrop[1] rising above the lowland districts of the city of Napier in New Zealand. The north-east end, Bluff Hill, has a steep cliff face overlooking the Port of Napier. Napier Girls' High School and the former Napier Prison, now a historic attraction, are located here. The western end, Hospital Hill, is the site of the now-closed Napier Hospital, whose services were transferred to Hawke's Bay Hospital in Hastings. The building sits derelict, and is at the centre of a Treaty of Waitangi claim debate.

Prior to the 1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake, the hill was almost surrounded with water, with just two shingle spits running north and south, and was known as Scinde Island. The earthquake raised the Napier area and the sea receded from around the island and the spits.[1] Scinde Island was named after the province of Sindh, then in India and now in Pakistan.[2] The Napier soccer club Scindians derived their name from Scinde Island.

References

  1. 1 2 "Round the Hill Walk". Napier City Council. Retrieved 31 December 2012.
  2. ↑ "Early history of Napier". Napier City Council. Retrieved 31 December 2012.

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