Parnassus
Parnassus is a locality in the Canterbury region's Hurunui District on the east coast of New Zealand's South Island. It is located on the north bank of the Waiau Uwha River.
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: locality in Hurunui District, Canterbury Region, New Zealand
- Also known as: “Parnassus, New Zealand”
Parnassus
- Category: locality
- Location: Hurunui District, Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-42.71176° or 42° 42′ 42″ south
Longitude
173.29126° or 173° 17′ 29″ east
Elevation
29 metres (95 feet)
Named after
Open location code
4V9M77QR+7G
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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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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