Waihou River
The Waihou River is located in the northern North Island of New Zealand. Its former name, Thames River, was bestowed by Captain James Cook in November 1769, when he explored 14 mi of the river from the mouth.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Thames Aerodrome and Thames railway station.
Thames Aerodrome
Aerodrome
The Thames Aerodrome serves the town of Thames, in the Waikato region of the North Island of New Zealand. It is 3 km south of the town of Thames. The Aerodrome is named in honour of former Thames resident Air Chief Marshal Sir Keith Park, Commander of 11 Group Fighter Command during the Battle of Britain.
Thames railway station
Railway station
Photo: Ingolfson, Public domain.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Thames and Kopu.
Thames
Thames is an old gold mining town on the west coast of the Coromandel Peninsula on the North Island of New Zealand. Thames has a rich history and is the great place to start any visit to the Coromandel Pensinsula.
Kopu
Village
Kopu is a settlement in on the Coromandel Peninsula in New Zealand's North Island. It is located near Thames, in the Thames-Coromandel District in the Waikato region. Kopu is located on the Waihou River and features the Kopu Bridge. Kopu is situated 3½ km southeast of Waihou River.
Kauaeranga
Hamlet
Kauaeranga Valley is a valley created by the Kauaeranga River, which flows from the Coromandel Range southwest to the Firth of Thames at Thames, New Zealand in the North Island. Kauaeranga is situated 6 km northeast of Waihou River.
Waihou River
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Waikato, New Zealand
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-37.16667° or 37° 10′ south
Longitude
175.53333° or 175° 32′ east
Open location code
4VJQRGMM+88
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Waihou River” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Waihou”
- Catalan: “Waihou”
- Cebuano: “Waihou River (suba, lat -37,17, long 175,53)”
- Cebuano: “Waihou River”
- Dutch: “Thames River”
- Dutch: “Waihou River”
- Dutch: “Waihou Rivier”
- Dutch: “Waihou”
- Dutch: “Waihouriver”
- Dutch: “Waihourivier”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر ويهو”
- French: “Waihou”
- German: “Waihou River”
- Irish: “Waihou”
- Italian: “Waihou (fiume)”
- Italian: “Waihou”
- Japanese: “ワイハウ川”
- Maori: “Waihou”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Waihou River”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Waihouelva”
- Russian: “Уаихоу”
- Spanish: “Rio Waihou”
- Spanish: “Río Waihou”
- Spanish: “Waihou”
- Welsh: “Afon Waihou”
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