Tahakopa River

The Tahakopa River flows southeastward through the Catlins, an area of the southern South Island of New Zealand. Its total length is 32 kilometres, and it flows into the Pacific Ocean 30 kilometres east of Waikawa, close to the settlement of Papatowai.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Lake Wilkie.

Lake Wilkie

Lake

Photo: Pseudopanax, Public domain.

Lake Wilkie is a small, scenic lake near Tautuku Bay in the Catlins, south of Dunedin, New Zealand. It formed after the last ice age and has gradually shrunk to its current size of 1.7 hectares. Lake Wilkie is situated 3½ km southwest of Tahakopa River.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Papatowai and Maclennan.

Papatowai

Hamlet

Papatowai is a small settlement in the Catlins ward of the Clutha District of the southeastern South Island of New Zealand. The settlement is situated half-way between the cities of Dunedin and Invercargill, on the Pacific coast close to the mouth of the Tahakopa River.

Maclennan

Hamlet

Maclennan is a small settlement in The Catlins, an area of the southern South Island of New Zealand. It is located 20 kilometres southwest of Owaka. From 1915 until its closure on 27 February 1971, the Catlins River Branch railway passed through the village, and the station building and goods shed still stand today. Maclennan is situated 2½ km north of Tahakopa River.

Caberfeidh

Locality

The small settlement of Caberfeidh is located in The Catlins, in the Otago region of New Zealand's South Island. The site of a former railway station on the Catlins Branch Line, it is sited close to a tributary of the Maclennan River, 5 kilometres north of the coast at Tahakopa Bay and 12 kilometres southwest of Owaka. Caberfeidh is situated 6 km north of Tahakopa River.

Tahakopa River

Latitude

-46.56181° or 46° 33′ 43″ south

Longitude

169.47793° or 169° 28′ 41″ east

Open location code

4V5FCFQH+75

GeoNames ID

2182081

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