Waikawa
Waikawa is a small settlement at the mouth of the Waikawa River in Southland, New Zealand, at the southwestern edge of The Catlins. The township is now a small fishing settlement, but at one time in the late 19th century was a major port, shipping timber from the sawmills of the Catlins north to help build the new town of Dunedin.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: locality in Southland District, Southland Region, New Zealand
- Also known as: “Waikawa, Southland”
Waikawa
- Category: locality
- Location: Southland District, Southland, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-46.62674° or 46° 37′ 36″ southLongitude
169.13135° or 169° 7′ 53″ eastElevation
15 metres (49 feet)United Nations Location Code
NZ WKWOpen location code
4V5F94FJ+8GOpenStreetMap ID
node 973547815OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
2180285Wikidata ID
Q7960012
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