South Island
Canterbury
Hurunui District

Greta Valley

Greta Valley is a town in North Canterbury, 83 km north of , . 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 and on the south bank of the .
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  • Type: Hamlet
  • Description: locality in Hurunui District, Canterbury Region, New Zealand
  • Also known as: “Motunau”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Greta Valley School.

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Greta Valley is a town in North Canterbury, 83 km north of , . 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 and on the south bank of the .

Greta Valley

Latitude
-42.96403° or 42° 57′ 51″ south
Longitude
172.96829° or 172° 58′ 6″ east
Elevation
203 metres (666 feet)
Open location code
4V9J2XP9+98
Open­Street­Map ID
node 268013393
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­hamlet
Geo­Names ID
2186522
Wiki­data ID
Q5607664
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Turkish—“Greta Valley” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “Greta Valley”
  • Dutch: “Motunau”
  • French: “Motunau”
  • Japanese: “グレート・バレー”
  • Maori: “Greta Valley”
  • Maori: “Motunau”
  • Turkish: “Greta Valley”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Greta Valley Fire Station and Ti Papa Stream Reserve.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Greta Valley”. Photo: Mattinbgn, CC BY 3.0.