Hawkins Hill

Hawkins Hill is a peak in and has an elevation of 495 metres. Hawkins Hill is situated nearby to the quarter , as well as near the suburb .
Photo: Podzemnik, CC BY-SA 4.0.
  • Type: Peak with an elevation of 495 metres
  • Description: hill in New Zealand
  • Also known as: “Happy Valley Peaks”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Victoria University Coastal Ecology Laboratory and Wrights Hill Fortress.

University
Photo: Shimaje, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a research facility of the School of Biological Sciences at Victoria University of Wellington that supports research in coastal ecology and marine biology.

Castle
Photo: Jaydenm, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a counter bombardment coastal artillery battery in the suburb of , New Zealand. It was built between 1942 and 1944 and is predominantly underground, with numerous tunnels linking the war shelters, gun emplacements, magazines, plotting rooms and engine room – which are, at some points, over 50 feet underground.

Movie theater
Photo: Ballofstring, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a movie theater.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Happy Valley and Ōwhiro Bay.

Quarter
is a subdivision of the suburb of Wellington, New Zealand. Although it is not an "official" suburb to the Wellington City Council, it is a main thoroughfare between Wellington city and Wellington's somewhat rugged and scenic southern coast.

Suburb
Photo: Kristina D.C. Hoeppner, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a southern suburb of , New Zealand, that overlooks Cook Strait. It is situated west of the larger suburb of . The official name of the suburb was changed from Owhiro Bay to by the New Zealand Geographic Board on 21 June 2019.

Suburb
Photo: HenryCrun15, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a southern suburb of , New Zealand, south of and . The suburb was developed in the 1960s, when there was more "cut and fill" earthworks in new subdivisions to provide flat sections.

Hawkins Hill

Latitude
-41.32917° or 41° 19′ 45″ south
Longitude
174.72635° or 174° 43′ 35″ east
Elevation
495 metres (1,624 feet)
Open location code
4VCPMPCG+8G
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3218328781
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Geo­Names ID
2190140
Wiki­data ID
Q31472386
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Satellite Map

Discover Hawkins Hill from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Dutch—“Hawkins Hill” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Hawkins Hill”
  • Dutch: “Hawkins Hill”

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Localities in the Area

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