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New Zealand: City of Christchurch and Banks Peninsula, South Island, New Zealand. Banks Peninsula is a drowned volcano that was active about 7 million years ago (Miocene). Where the rim has been breached submerged portions of the old crater provide sheltered harbors, such as Lyttleton and Akaroa, for freighters and other large ships. Waimakariri is one of the great braided rivers that drain the Southern Alps of South Island.

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