Puketapu
Puketapu is a prominent hill in Otago, in New Zealand's South Island, overlooking the town of Palmerston. The name Puketapu is Māori meaning "sacred hill".| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Peak with an elevation of 77 metres
- Description: hill near Palmerston in Otago, New Zealand
- Also known as: “Puketapu Hill”
Places of Interest
Highlights include East Otago High School and Boer War memorial.
East Otago High School
School
Photo: Benchill, CC BY-SA 3.0.
East Otago High School is a secondary school in Palmerston, Otago, New Zealand. The school hosted a cultural exchange with Japanese pupils from Nichidai Third Junior High School between 2005 and 2008.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Palmerston and Shag Point.
Palmerston
Village
Palmerston is a town in Otago in the South Island of New Zealand. Located 50 kilometres to the north of the city of Dunedin, it is the largest town in the Waihemo Ward of the Waitaki District, with a population of 890 residents.
Shag Point
Hamlet
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.
Glenpark
Locality
Glenpark is a lightly populated rural locality in the Otago region of New Zealand's South Island. It is northwest of Palmerston and on the banks of the Shag River. To the west is the locality of Stoneburn. Glenpark is situated 8 km northwest of Puketapu.
Puketapu
- Categories: hill and landform
- Location: Otago, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-45.49063° or 45° 29′ 26″ southLongitude
170.731° or 170° 43′ 52″ eastElevation
77 metres (253 feet)Open location code
4V6GGP5J+PCOpenStreetMap ID
node 4393472746OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Dutch—“Puketapu” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Puketapu”
- Dutch: “Puketapu”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Puketapu”. Photo: ShakyIsles, CC BY-SA 4.0.