The Historic Kopu Bridge is a single-lane swing bridge that spans the Waihou River, near its emergence into the Firth of Thames in the Thames-Coromandel District of New Zealand's North Island.

The Thames Aerodrome serves the town of Thames, in the Waikato region of the North Island of New Zealand. It is 3 km south of the town of Thames. The Aerodrome is named in honour of former Thames resident Air Chief Marshal Sir Keith Park, Commander of 11 Group Fighter Command during the Battle of Britain. Thames Aerodrome is situated 3 km northwest of Kopu.

Holy Trinity Church

Church

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 3.0.

Holy Trinity Church is situated 4 km north of Kopu.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Matatoki and Kauaeranga.

Matatoki

Hamlet

Matatoki is a locality on the Hauraki Plains of New Zealand. It lies on State Highway 26, south east of Thames and north of Paeroa. The Matatoki Stream runs from the Coromandel Range through the area to join the Waihou River. Matatoki is situated 4½ km southeast of Kopu.

Kauaeranga

Hamlet

Kauaeranga Valley is a valley created by the Kauaeranga River, which flows from the Coromandel Range southwest to the Firth of Thames at Thames, New Zealand in the North Island. Kauaeranga is situated 6 km northeast of Kopu.

Thames

Photo: GPS 56, CC BY 2.0.

Thames is an old gold mining town on the west coast of the Coromandel Peninsula on the North Island of New Zealand. Thames has a rich history and is the great place to start any visit to the Coromandel Pensinsula.

Kopu

Category: locality
Location: Thames-Coromandel District, Waikato, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude

-37.18559° or 37° 11′ 8″ south

Longitude

175.56606° or 175° 33′ 58″ east

Population

920

Elevation

7 metres (23 feet)

United Nations Location Code

NZ KOP

Open location code

4VJQRH78+QC

OpenStreetMap ID

node 248756025

OpenStreetMap feature

place=village

GeoNames ID

2188673

Wikidata ID

Q65431292

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Maori to Turkish—“Kopu” goes by many names.

Maori: “Kopu”
Turkish: “Kopu”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Kōpū and Kopu Bridge.

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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 “Kopu”. Photo: tara hunt, CC BY-SA 2.0.