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.

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″ south

Longitude

170.63826° or 170° 38′ 18″ east

Open location code

4V6G7J6Q+C8

OpenStreetMap ID

node 11661743246

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=cape

GeoNames ID

2184346

Wikidata 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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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Pūrākaunui Beach and Purakanui Public Cemetery.

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