Mount Kaukau
Mount Kaukau is a large hill in the northern suburbs of Wellington, New Zealand near Johnsonville, Khandallah and Ngaio. The summit is 445 m above sea level and is the most visible high point in the Wellington landscape further accentuated by Wellington's main television transmitter mast, which stands 122 m from the summit.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: DB Thats-Me, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 445 metres
- Description: mountain in New Zealand
- Also known as: “Kaukau”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Embassy of Cuba in New Zealand and Simla Crescent railway station.
Embassy of Cuba in New Zealand
Government office
Photo: Vardion, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Embassy of Cuba in New Zealand is a government office.
Simla Crescent railway station
Railway station
Photo: Matthew25187, CC BY 3.0.
Simla Crescent railway station is one of eight stations on the Johnsonville Branch, a branch railway north of Wellington in New Zealand’s North Island, and is one of two stations that were added to the line when it was upgraded prior to being reopened as the Johnsonville Branch.
Khandallah railway station
Railway station
Photo: Matthew25187, CC BY 3.0.
Khandallah railway station is one of eight stations on the Johnsonville Line, a commuter branch railway north of Wellington in New Zealand's North Island.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Broadmeadows and Ngaio.
Broadmeadows
Suburb
Broadmeadows is a minor western suburb of Wellington, New Zealand. It is located to the north of Khandallah and south of Johnsonville. It is located 7 kilometres from the Wellington central business district.
Ngaio
Suburb
Photo: Roue2, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ngaio is an inner suburb of Wellington, the capital city of New Zealand. It is situated on the slopes of Mount Kaukau, 3500 metres north of the city's CBD.
Khandallah
Suburb
Photo: National Library NZ on The Commons, Public domain.
Khandallah is a suburb of Wellington, the capital city of New Zealand. It is located 4 kilometres northeast of the city centre, on hills overlooking Wellington Harbour.
Mount Kaukau
- Categories: mountain, hill, and landform
- Location: Wellington, Greater Wellington, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-41.23148° or 41° 13′ 53″ southLongitude
174.77794° or 174° 46′ 41″ eastElevation
445 metres (1,460 feet)Open location code
4VCPQQ9H+C5OpenStreetMap ID
node 3659565906OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
Discover Mount Kaukau from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Maori—“Mount Kaukau” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Kaukau”
- Chinese: “泳山”
- Dutch: “Kaukau”
- Dutch: “Mount Kaukau”
- Irish: “Kaukau”
- Japanese: “カウカウ山”
- Ladin: “Mount Kaukau”
- Maori: “Kaukau”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Kaukau Lookout and Khandallah Park and Johnsonville Park.
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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 “Mount Kaukau”. Photo: DB Thats-Me, CC BY-SA 3.0.