Potato Point
Potato Point is a cape in New Zealand. Potato Point is situated nearby to the village Pūrākaunui, as well as near the hamlet Long Beach.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Whareakeake.
Whareakeake
Beach
Whareakeake is a beach 25 kilometres northeast of Dunedin in the South Island of New Zealand, as well as the valley above and behind the beach. Located to the west of Aramoana and included as a section of the Otago Heads, Whareakeake was a place of habitation for Māori people from early times until the Sealers' War skirmish of 1817 from which it derived its colonial name.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pūrākaunui and Long Beach.
Pūrākaunui
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Pūrākaunui is a small settlement in Otago, in the South Island of New Zealand. It is located within the bounds of the city of Dunedin, in a rural coastal area some 25 km to the north of the city centre.
Long Beach
Hamlet
Long Beach, known in Māori as Wharauwerawera or Wharewerawera is a small coastal settlement in Otago, New Zealand comprising approximately 100 homes. Many of the sections were initially auctioned in October 1922 for a pound deposit.
Warrington
Village
Warrington, known in Māori as Ōkāhau, is a small settlement on the coast of Otago, in the South Island of New Zealand. It is situated close to the northern shore of Blueskin Bay, an area of mudflats north of Dunedin, and is administered as part of Dunedin City.
Potato Point
- Type: Cape
- Description: point in New Zealand
- Categories: point and landform
- Location: New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-45.73899° or 45° 44′ 20″ southLongitude
170.63826° or 170° 38′ 18″ eastOpen location code
4V6G7J6Q+C8OpenStreetMap ID
node 11661743246OpenStreetMap feature
natural=capeGeoNames ID
2184346Wikidata ID
Q125214349
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
“Potato Point” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Potato Point (punta sa Nuzeland)”
- Cebuano: “Potato Point”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Pūrākaunui Beach and Purakanui Public Cemetery.
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