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.
Wikimedia, Public domain.- Locality
- …lies at an elevation of around 300 metres (990 feet)
- …is also known as “Lyell, New Zealand”
- …is named after Charles Lyell
- Description: locality in Buller District, West Coast Region, New Zealand
- Category: ghost town
- Location
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Latitude
-41.79706° or 41° 47′ 49″ south
Longitude
172.04704° or 172° 2′ 49″ east
Open location code
4VCJ623W+5R
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In Other Languages
From Egyptian Arabic to Turkish—“Lyell” goes by many names.
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