Whitecliffs
Whitecliffs is a village located in the Selwyn District of the Canterbury region of New Zealand's South Island. It has also been known as South Malvern, and the name of Whitecliffs comes from terrace cliffs above the Selwyn River / Waikirikiri.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Glentunnel and Coalgate.
Glentunnel
Village
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Glentunnel is a village located in the Selwyn District of the Canterbury region of New Zealand's South Island. It has a close historical association with coal, clay and sand mines of the Malvern area. Glentunnel is situated 4 km southeast of Whitecliffs.
Coalgate
Village
Coalgate is a small town in the Selwyn District of the Canterbury region of New Zealand's South Island. It is located roughly an hour west of Christchurch on State Highway 77. Coalgate is situated 6 km east of Whitecliffs.
Hororata
Village
Hororata is a village at the northwestern edge of the Canterbury Plains in the South Island of New Zealand. It is located 15 kilometres southwest of Darfield, five kilometres south of Glentunnel, and 50 kilometres west of Christchurch, on the banks of the Hororata River. Hororata is situated 10 km southeast of Whitecliffs.
Whitecliffs
- Type: Village with 200 residents
- Description: locality in Selwyn District, Canterbury Region, New Zealand
- Category: locality
- Location: Selwyn District, Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-43.46189° or 43° 27′ 43″ southLongitude
171.89377° or 171° 53′ 38″ eastPopulation
200Elevation
295 metres (968 feet)Open location code
4V8HGVQV+6GOpenStreetMap ID
node 2211034659OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2179139Wikidata ID
Q7995803
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Turkish—“Whitecliffs” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Whitecliffs”
- French: “Whitecliffs (Nouvelle-Zélande)”
- French: “Whitecliffs”
- Maori: “Whitecliffs”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Whitecliffs”
- Turkish: “Whitecliffs”
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