Wakamarina River

The Wakamarina River is a river of the Marlborough Region of New Zealand's South Island. It flows generally northeast from its origins in the Richmond Range to reach the Pelorus River at the settlement of Canvastown, 10 kilometres west of Havelock.

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Canvastown

Hamlet

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Canvastown is a locality at the point where the Wakamarina River joins the Pelorus River, in Marlborough, New Zealand. State Highway 6 runs through the area. Rai Valley is 17 km to the northwest. Havelock is 10 km to the east.

Pelorus Bridge

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Pelorus Bridge is a locality centred on the bridge over the Pelorus River between Havelock and Rai Valley on SH 6, the main road between Blenheim and Nelson, in New Zealand.

Havelock

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Havelock is a town in the Marlborough district of New Zealand known as the green-shell mussel capital of the world. It is the major access point to the Pelorus Sound, one of the two major sounds of the Marlborough Sounds.

Wakamarina River

Latitude

-41.28333° or 41° 17′ south

Longitude

173.66667° or 173° 40′ east

Elevation

8 metres (26 feet)

Open location code

4VCMPM88+MM

GeoNames ID

2179721

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