Mount Cargill

Mount Cargill is a locality in Dunedin City, Otago. Mount Cargill is situated nearby to the quarter Sawyers Bay, as well as near the locality Pigeon Flat.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mount Cargill and Orokonui Ecosanctuary.

Mount Cargill

Peak

Photo: Pseudopanax, Public domain.

Mount Cargill, known in Māori as Kapukataumahaka, is a volcanic outcrop which dominates the skyline of northern Dunedin, New Zealand. The peak is named for Captain William Cargill, an early leader of the Province of Otago.

Orokonui Ecosanctuary

Tourism office

Photo: Pseudopanax, Public domain.

Orokonui Ecosanctuary, called Te Korowai o Mihiwaka in Māori, is an ecological island wildlife reserve developed by the Otago Natural History Trust in the Orokonui Valley between Waitati and Pūrākaunui, New Zealand, 20 kilometres to the north of central Dunedin. Orokonui Ecosanctuary is situated 3½ km northeast of Mount Cargill.

Iona Church

Church

Photo: Benchill, Public domain.

Iona Church is an historic church in Port Chalmers, New Zealand. The church building is listed as a Category I Historic Place. Iona Church is situated 4 km southeast of Mount Cargill.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sawyers Bay and Roseneath.

Sawyers Bay

Quarter

Photo: Samuel Mann, CC BY 2.0.

Sawyers Bay is a suburb of the New Zealand city of Dunedin. It is located 1.5 kilometres to the southwest of Port Chalmers in a wide valley on the shore of Mussel Bay, 13 kilometres to the northeast of Dunedin city centre. Sawyers Bay is situated 2½ km southeast of Mount Cargill.

Roseneath

Quarter

Photo: Alistair Paterson, CC BY 2.0.

Roseneath is a small suburb of the New Zealand city of Dunedin, located on the northwestern shore of Otago Harbour, 12 kilometres to the northeast of Dunedin city centre. Roseneath is situated 3½ km southeast of Mount Cargill.

Port Chalmers

Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Port Chalmers is a deep water fishing and cargo port for Dunedin, one of the main ports for the South Island of New Zealand, in the Otago region. It is visited by several cruise ships each summer. In 2021, it was home to 1,500 people.

Mount Cargill

Type: Locality
Description: locality in Dunedin City, Otago Region, New Zealand
Location: Dunedin City, Otago, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude

-45.80136° or 45° 48′ 5″ south

Longitude

170.57506° or 170° 34′ 30″ east

Elevation

324 metres (1,063 feet)

Named after

Mount Cargill

Open location code

4V6G5HXG+F2

OpenStreetMap ID

node 7760584077

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

GeoNames ID

2186460

Wikidata ID

Q29175619

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Maori to Turkish—“Mount Cargill” goes by many names.

Maori: “Mount Cargill”
Turkish: “Mount Cargill”

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Localities in the Area

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