Lauriston
Lauriston is a lightly populated locality in the Canterbury region of New Zealand's South Island. It is situated on the Canterbury Plains south of the Rakaia River, some 20 kilometres inland from Rakaia.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Hamlet
- Description: locality in Ashburton District, Canterbury Region, New Zealand
- Also known as: “Lauriston, New Zealand”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Lauriston Solar Farm.
Lauriston Solar Farm
Power station
The Lauriston Solar Farm is a photovoltaic power station at Lauriston in Canterbury. The farm is owned by a joint venture between Genesis Energy Limited and FRV Australia.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Barrhill.
Barrhill
Hamlet
Photo: Schwede66, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Barrhill is a lightly populated locality in the Canterbury region of New Zealand's South Island. It is situated on the Canterbury Plains, on the right bank of the Rakaia River, about 17 kilometres inland from Rakaia. Barrhill is situated 9 km northeast of Lauriston.
Lauriston
- Category: locality
- Location: Ashburton District, Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-43.73086° or 43° 43′ 51″ southLongitude
171.78006° or 171° 46′ 48″ eastElevation
201 metres (659 feet)Open location code
4V8H7Q9J+M2OpenStreetMap ID
node 324216823OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From French to Turkish—“Lauriston” goes by many names.
- French: “Lauriston”
- Japanese: “ローリストン”
- Maori: “Lauriston”
- Turkish: “Lauriston”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Lauriston School and Lauriston tennis courts.
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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 “Lauriston”. Photo: Dlpkbr, CC BY-SA 3.0.