Lyell
Lyell is the site of a historic gold mining town in the Buller Gorge in the South Island of New Zealand. It lies on State Highway 6, 18 km northeast of Inangahua.
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.- Type: Locality
- Description: locality in Buller District, West Coast Region, New Zealand
- Also known as: “Lyell, New Zealand”
Lyell
- Category: ghost town
- Location: Buller District, West Coast, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-41.79706° or 41° 47′ 49″ south
Longitude
172.04704° or 172° 2′ 49″ east
Elevation
301 metres (988 feet)
Named after
Open location code
4VCJ623W+5R
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In Other Languages
From Egyptian Arabic to Turkish—“Lyell” goes by many names.
- Egyptian Arabic: “ليل”
- French: “Lyell”
- Maori: “Lyell”
- Turkish: “Lyell”
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