Swanson
Swanson is an outlying suburb of West Auckland, New Zealand and is located west of Henderson, surrounded by the Waitākere Ranges. Developing as a service centre for the kauri logging and gumdigging trades in the 1880s along the trainline, the town developed as a rural centre and an early tourist destination for Aucklanders, who visited the Redwood Park on the banks of the Swanson Stream.
- Suburb with about 2,010 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 50 metres (150 feet)
- Description: locality in Auckland Region, New Zealand
- Also known as“Swanson, Auckland”“Swanson, New Zealand”“Waiwhauwhaupaku”
Places of Interest
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Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rānui and Western Heights.
Western Heights
Western Heights is a neighbourhood of Henderson, in West Auckland, New Zealand.
3 km southeast of Swanson
Swanson
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Latitude
-36.86559° or 36° 51′ 56″ south
Longitude
174.58038° or 174° 34′ 49″ east
Open location code
4VMP4HMJ+Q5
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = suburb
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In Other Languages
From French to Welsh—“Swanson” goes by many names.
スワンソンJapanese
SwansonMaori
WaiwhauwhaupakuMaori
SwansonTurkish
Swanson, Seland NewyddWelsh
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