Greta Valley
Greta Valley is a town in North Canterbury, 83 km north of Christchurch, New Zealand. It was named after the River Greta in Yorkshire by local runholders Sir Charles Clifford and Sir Frederick Weld in the 1850s, but it is to the east of the Greta River and on the south bank of the Waikari River.
- Hamlet
- …lies at an elevation of around 200 metres (670 feet)
- …is also known as “Motunau”
- Description: locality in Hurunui District, Canterbury Region, New Zealand
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Greta Valley is a town in North Canterbury, 83 km north of Christchurch, New Zealand.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Spye.
Greta Valley
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Latitude
-42.96403° or 42° 57′ 51″ south
Longitude
172.96829° or 172° 58′ 6″ east
Open location code
4V9J2XP9+98
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Turkish—“Greta Valley” goes by many names.
Greta ValleyDutch
MotunauDutch
グレート・バレーJapanese
Greta ValleyMaori
MotunauMaori
Greta ValleyTurkish
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