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!!!Banks Peninsula

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This photo was taken looking southeast on the Banks Peninsula [{GoogleMap location='Banks Peninsula, Robinsons Bay, Canterbury, Neuseeland' zoom='10'}] on South Island. The peninsula was formed from eroded remnants of two large composite shield volcanoes, the dominate craters forming the Lyttelton and Akoroa Harbors. 

The mountainous nature of the peninsula is atypical within the surrounding region.