Napier Hill

Port of Napier as seen from Bluff Hill.

Napier Hill is a limestone outcrop rising above the lowland districts of the city of Napier in New Zealand.[1] 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, was the site of the former Napier Hospital, whose services were transferred to Hawke's Bay Hospital in Hastings in 1999.[2] The building was demolished in 2015 after years of sitting derelict and is scheduled to be replaced by an apartment block.[3]

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.[4] The Napier soccer club Scindians derived their name from Scinde Island.

References

  1. 1 2 "Round the Hill Walk". Napier City Council. Archived from the original on 3 July 2013. Retrieved 31 December 2012.
  2. ↑ "Hawkes Bay Hospital". www.cityofnapier.co.nz. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
  3. ↑ Moroney, Roger (29 July 2015). "Hospital demolition on schedule". New Zealand Herald. ISSN 1170-0777. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
  4. ↑ "Early history of Napier". Napier City Council. Retrieved 31 December 2012.

Coordinates: 39°28′47″S 176°54′38″E / 39.479749°S 176.910528°E / -39.479749; 176.910528

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