South Island
Canterbury
Hurunui District

Parnassus

Parnassus is a locality in the Canterbury region's on the east coast of New Zealand's . It is located on the north bank of the Waiau Uwha River.
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  • Type: Hamlet
  • Description: locality in Hurunui District, Canterbury Region, New Zealand
  • Also known as: “Parnassus, New Zealand”

Parnassus

Latitude
-42.71176° or 42° 42′ 42″ south
Longitude
173.29126° or 173° 17′ 29″ east
Elevation
29 metres (95 feet)
Named after
Mount Parnassus
Open location code
4V9M77QR+7G
Open­Street­Map ID
node 268003122
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­hamlet
Geo­Names ID
2184848
Wiki­data ID
Q7139292
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Turkish—“Parnassus” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Parnassus”
  • Dutch: “Parnassus, New Zealand”
  • French: “Parnassus (Nouvelle-Zélande)”
  • French: “Parnassus”
  • Japanese: “パルナッソス”
  • Maori: “Parnassus”
  • Turkish: “Parnassus”

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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 “Parnassus”. Photo: AnnWoolliams, CC BY-SA 4.0.