Paterson Inlet
Paterson Inlet is a large natural harbour—specifically a ria—in the eastern coast of Stewart Island, New Zealand. Much of the land surrounding Paterson Inlet is unspoilt forest, and runoff into the harbour is especially clean.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Bay
- Description: bay in New Zealand
- Also known as: “Paterson Inlet / Whaka a Te Wera”, “Paterson Inlet/Whaka a Te Wera”, “Te Whaka-a-Te-Wera”, and “Whaka a Te Wera”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Watercress Beach and Oban.
Watercress Beach
Locality
Photo: Quilt Phase, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Watercress Beach is a locality, which is situated 5 km east of Paterson Inlet.
Oban
Village
Photo: John Hill, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Oban is the principal settlement on Stewart Island, the southern most inhabited island of the New Zealand archipelago. Oban is centred on Halfmoon Bay, and stretches over a peninsula to Paterson Inlet. Oban is situated 6 km east of Paterson Inlet.
Paterson Inlet
- Category: body of water
- Location: Southland District, Southland, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Venetian—“Paterson Inlet” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Paterson Inlet”
- Cebuano: “Paterson Inlet/Whaka a Te Wera”
- Cebuano: “Paterson Inlet”
- Dutch: “Paterson Inlet”
- French: “Paterson Inlet”
- German: “Paterson Inlet, New Zealand”
- German: “Paterson Inlet”
- German: “Paterson Inlet/Whaka a Te Wera”
- Japanese: “パターソン・インレット”
- Maori: “Te Whaka-a-Te-Wera”
- Maori: “Whaka a Te Wera”
- Slovenian: “Paterson Inlet”
- Slovenian: “Patersonkv zatok”
- Slovenian: “Whaka a Te Wera”
- Venetian: “Paterson Inlet”
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