Otago Peninsula
The Otago Peninsula is a long, hilly indented finger of land that forms the easternmost part of Dunedin, New Zealand. Volcanic in origin, it forms one wall of the eroded valley that now forms Otago Harbour.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Peninsula
- Description: peninsula in New Zealand
- Also known as: “Otago peninsula” and “Otako”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Larnach Castle and Sandymount.
Larnach Castle
Photo: Pseudopanax, Public domain.
Larnach Castle is a mock castle on the ridge of the Otago Peninsula within the limits of the city of Dunedin, New Zealand, close to the small settlement of Pukehiki. Larnach Castle is situated 3½ km northwest of Otago Peninsula.
Sandymount
Peak
Sandymount is a prominent hill on Otago Peninsula, in the southeastern South Island of New Zealand. It is 13 kilometres east of the city centre of Dunedin, close to the northeastern end of Sandfly Bay, and rises to a height of 312 metres.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pukehiki and Portobello.
Pukehiki
Hamlet
Pukehiki is a small locality on the Otago Peninsula, within the city of Dunedin on the South Island of New Zealand. It is located on the ridge which runs along the centre of the peninsula, 8 kilometres from Dunedin city centre, at a junction between Highcliff Road, which runs along the peninsula's ridge, and Castlewood Road, which descends to Company Bay on the shore of the Otago Harbour. Pukehiki is situated 3 km west of Otago Peninsula.
Portobello
Quarter
Photo: Grutness, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Portobello is a village beside the Otago Harbour halfway along the Otago Peninsula in Dunedin City, New Zealand. It lies at the foot of a small peninsula between Portobello Bay and Latham Bay. Portobello is situated 4½ km north of Otago Peninsula.
Otago Peninsula
- Category: landform
- Location: New Zealand, Oceania
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Azerbaijani to Ukrainian—“Otago Peninsula” goes by many names.
- Azerbaijani: “Otaqo yarımadası”
- Basque: “Otago penintsula”
- Catalan: “Otago Peninsula”
- Cebuano: “Otago Peninsula”
- Chinese: “奥塔哥半岛”
- Chinese: “奥塔戈半岛”
- Chinese: “奧塔哥半島”
- Dutch: “Otago Peninsula”
- Esperanto: “Duoninsulo Otago”
- French: “péninsule d’Otago”
- French: “Péninsule d’Otago”
- French: “Péninsule dOtago”
- German: “Otago Peninsula”
- Indonesian: “Semenanjung Otago”
- Japanese: “オタゴ半島”
- Korean: “오타고반도”
- Maori: “Muaūpoko”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Otago Peninsula”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Otago-halvøya”
- Persian: “شبه جزیره اوتاگو”
- Persian: “شبهجزیره اوتاگو”
- Portuguese: “Península de Otago”
- Russian: “Отаго”
- Russian: “Полуостров Отаго”
- Slovenian: “Otago (polotok)”
- Slovenian: “Otago”
- Spanish: “Peninsula de Otago”
- Spanish: “Península de Otago”
- Swedish: “Otagohalvön”
- Ukrainian: “Отаго”
- Ukrainian: “Півострів Отаго”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Sandymount and Pukehiki.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Lovers Leap and Dicks Hill.
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