Papatowai
Papatowai is a small settlement in the Catlins ward of the Clutha District of the southeastern South Island of New Zealand. The settlement is situated half-way between the cities of Dunedin and Invercargill, on the Pacific coast close to the mouth of the Tahakopa River.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Lake Wilkie.
Lake Wilkie
Lake
Photo: Pseudopanax, Public domain.
Lake Wilkie is a small, scenic lake near Tautuku Bay in the Catlins, south of Dunedin, New Zealand. It formed after the last ice age and has gradually shrunk to its current size of 1.7 hectares. Lake Wilkie is situated 3 km southwest of Papatowai.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Maclennan and Caberfeidh.
Maclennan
Hamlet
Maclennan is a small settlement in The Catlins, an area of the southern South Island of New Zealand. It is located 20 kilometres southwest of Owaka. From 1915 until its closure on 27 February 1971, the Catlins River Branch railway passed through the village, and the station building and goods shed still stand today. Maclennan is situated 2½ km north of Papatowai.
Caberfeidh
Locality
The small settlement of Caberfeidh is located in The Catlins, in the Otago region of New Zealand's South Island. The site of a former railway station on the Catlins Branch Line, it is sited close to a tributary of the Maclennan River, 5 kilometres north of the coast at Tahakopa Bay and 12 kilometres southwest of Owaka. Caberfeidh is situated 6 km north of Papatowai.
Tahakopa
Hamlet
Tahakopa is a small settlement in The Catlins, an area of the southern South Island of New Zealand. It is located 25 kilometres northeast of Waikawa on the Tahakopa River. Tahakopa is situated 8 km northwest of Papatowai.
Papatowai
- Type: Hamlet with 6,590 residents
- Description: settlement in Clutha District, Otago Region, New Zealand
- Category: locality
- Location: Clutha District, Otago, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-46.56187° or 46° 33′ 43″ southLongitude
169.47084° or 169° 28′ 15″ eastPopulation
6,590Elevation
25 metres (82 feet)Open location code
4V5FCFQC+78OpenStreetMap ID
node 268725696OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
2184943Wikidata ID
Q7615649
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