Waiuta
Waiuta is the location of a historic mining town on the West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand. It is now abandoned and considered a ghost town.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Mike Dickison, CC BY 4.0.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Blackwater and Big River.
Blackwater
Hamlet
Photo: National Library NZ on The Commons, No restrictions.
Blackwater is a hamlet, which is situated 6 km northwest of Waiuta.
Big River
Locality
Big River is an abandoned mining town in the Buller District of New Zealand. It can he reached on foot, by mountain bike or along an old dray road by 4WD. It is located between Reefton and Waiuta on the Big River. Big River is situated 8 km northeast of Waiuta.
Waiuta
- Type: Locality
- Description: locality in Buller District, West Coast Region, New Zealand
- Location: Buller District, West Coast, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-42.29393° or 42° 17′ 38″ southLongitude
171.82223° or 171° 49′ 20″ eastElevation
395 metres (1,296 feet)Open location code
4V9HPR4C+CVOpenStreetMap ID
node 356428356OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Turkish—“Waiuta” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Waiuta”
- Dutch: “Waiuta”
- Egyptian Arabic: “وايوتا”
- Maori: “Waiuta”
- Turkish: “Waiuta”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Bowling Pavilion and Waiuta Bowling Green (Historic).
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Waiuta”. Photo: Mike Dickison, CC BY 4.0.