Waikawa
Waikawa is a small settlement to the north east of Picton, Marlborough, New Zealand. Waikawa Bay opens onto Queen Charlotte Sound. The New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage gives a translation of "bitter water" for Waikawa.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Quarter with 1,620 residents
- Description: locality in Marlborough Region, New Zealand
- Also known as: “Waikawa, Marlborough”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Picton Railway Station and Picton Library and Service Centre.
Picton Railway Station
Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Picton Railway Station is situated 2½ km southwest of Waikawa.
Picton Library and Service Centre
Library
Photo: Mike Dickison, CC BY 4.0.
Picton Library and Service Centre is situated 2½ km southwest of Waikawa.
Mount McCormick
Peak
Photo: Podzemnik, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mount McCormick is a peak, which is situated 4 km southeast of Waikawa.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Picton and Ngākuta Bay.
Picton
Photo: Mattinbgn, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Picton is a small but important town in the beautiful Marlborough Sounds at the top of the South Island of New Zealand. The town is a major hub in New Zealand's transport network, linking the South Island road and rail network with ferries that cross Cook Strait to and from Wellington in the North Island.
Ngākuta Bay
Village
Ngākuta Bay is a settlement and bay in the Marlborough Sounds, New Zealand. The bay is part of Grove Arm in Queen Charlotte Sound / Tōtaranui. Picton is about 11 km to the southeast via Queen Charlotte Drive. Ngākuta Bay is situated 5 km west of Waikawa.
Koromiko
Locality
Koromiko is a locality in Marlborough, New Zealand. State Highway 1 runs through the area. Picton is about 6.5 km to the northeast, and Blenheim is about 21 km to the south. Picton Aerodrome is located at Koromiko. Koromiko is situated 9 km southwest of Waikawa.
Waikawa
- Category: locality
- Location: Marlborough District, Marlborough, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-41.27463° or 41° 16′ 29″ southLongitude
174.02835° or 174° 1′ 42″ eastPopulation
1,620Elevation
35 metres (115 feet)Open location code
4VCPP2GH+48OpenStreetMap ID
node 1551211784OpenStreetMap feature
place=quarterGeoNames ID
2180286Wikidata ID
Q7960010
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Waikawa” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Waikawa”
- Dutch: “Waikawa”
- French: “Waikawa”
- Malay: “Waikawa, Marlborough”
- Malay: “Waikawa”
- Turkish: “Waikawa”
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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 “Waikawa”. Photo: Sid Mosdell, CC BY 2.0.