Shag Point
Shag Point / Matakaea is a headland and township in East Otago, New Zealand. Both the point and the nearby Shag River take their English name from a seabird, the pied shag.- Hamlet
- …lies at an elevation of around 100 metres (310 feet)
- …is also known as “Shag Point / Matakaea”
- Description: locality in Otago Region, New Zealand
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kātiki and Palmerston.
Palmerston
Palmerston is a town in Otago in the South Island of New Zealand.
8 km west of Shag Point
Shag Point
- Category: locality
- Location
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Latitude
-45.46091° or 45° 27′ 39″ south
Longitude
170.81479° or 170° 48′ 53″ east
Open location code
4V6GGRQ7+JW
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Turkish—“Shag Point” goes by many names.
沙戈点Chinese
Shag PointMaori
Shag Point / MatakaeaTurkish
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