Sandy Knolls
Sandy Knolls is a locality in Selwyn District, Canterbury. Sandy Knolls is situated nearby to the hamlet Edendale, as well as near Aylesbury.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Aylesbury and West Melton.
Aylesbury
Hamlet
Aylesbury is a settlement in the Canterbury region of New Zealand. It can be found between the towns of Rolleston and Kirwee. The epicentre of the 7.1 magnitude Canterbury earthquake on 4 September 2010, was very close to Aylesbury and the largest land surface fractures were in this locality. Aylesbury is situated 5 km northwest of Sandy Knolls.
West Melton
Town
Photo: Tournasol7, CC BY-SA 4.0.
West Melton is a town in the Selwyn District, in the Canterbury region of New Zealand's South Island. It is located 24 kilometres west of Christchurch and is part of the Christchurch metropolitan area. West Melton is situated 6 km northeast of Sandy Knolls.
Rolleston
Town
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Rolleston is the seat and largest town in the Selwyn District, in the Canterbury region of New Zealand's South Island. It is located on the Canterbury Plains 22 kilometres south-west of Christchurch, and is part of the wider Christchurch metropolitan area. Rolleston is situated 7 km southeast of Sandy Knolls.
Sandy Knolls
- Type: Locality
- Description: locality in Selwyn District, Canterbury Region, New Zealand
- Location: Selwyn District, Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-43.55933° or 43° 33′ 34″ southLongitude
172.32009° or 172° 19′ 12″ eastElevation
86 metres (282 feet)Named after
Alexander KnowlesOpen location code
4V8JC8RC+72OpenStreetMap ID
node 295789608OpenStreetMap feature
place=localityGeoNames ID
2182972Wikidata ID
Q133899
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Turkish—“Sandy Knolls” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Sandy Knolls”
- Maori: “Sandy Knolls”
- Russian: “Sandy Knolls”
- Russian: “Санди-Ноллс”
- Russian: “Сэнди-Ноллс”
- Turkish: “Sandy Knolls”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Edendale and Catherine Fields.
Notable Places Nearby
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