Nga Puketurua

Nga Puketurua is a mountain in Ruapehu District, Manawatu-Wanganui and has an elevation of 885 metres. Nga Puketurua is situated nearby to the hamlet Whakapapa Village.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Tawhai Falls and Mahuia Rapid.

Tawhai Falls

Waterfall

Photo: black friction, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Tawhai Falls is a waterfall, which is situated 3 km east of Nga Puketurua.

Mahuia Rapid

Rapids

Photo: Genet, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Mahuia Rapid is a rapids, which is situated 3 km northeast of Nga Puketurua.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Whakapapa Village and National Park Village.

Whakapapa Village

Hamlet

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.0.

Whakapapa Village is a small village in the Ruapehu District of New Zealand, which serves as the main entrance to Tongariro National Park. Whakapapa Village is situated 6 km southeast of Nga Puketurua.

National Park, officially Waimarino and also known as National Park Village, is a small town on the North Island Central Plateau in New Zealand. Formerly known as National Park Village, it is the highest urban township in New Zealand, at 825 metres.

Raurimu Spiral

Locality

Photo: Duane Wilkins, CC BY 3.0.

The Raurimu Spiral is a single-track railway spiral, starting with a horseshoe curve, overcoming a 139-metre height difference, in the central North Island of New Zealand, on the North Island Main Trunk railway between Wellington and Auckland. Raurimu Spiral is situated 9 km northwest of Nga Puketurua.

Nga Puketurua

Type: Mountain with an elevation of 885 metres
Description: mountain in New Zealand
Categories: mountain and landform
Location: Ruapehu District, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude

-39.16667° or 39° 10′ south

Longitude

175.48333° or 175° 29′ east

Elevation

885 metres (2,904 feet)

Open location code

4VGQRFMM+88

GeoNames ID

2186187

Wikidata ID

Q31681467

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Dutch—“Nga Puketurua” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Nga Puketurua”
Dutch: “Nga Puketurua”

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