Hawkins Hill
Hawkins Hill is a peak in New Zealand and has an elevation of 495 metres. Hawkins Hill is situated nearby to the quarter Kowhai Park, as well as near the suburb Ōwhiro Bay.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- 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.
Victoria University Coastal Ecology Laboratory
University
Photo: Shimaje, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Victoria University Coastal Ecology Laboratory is a research facility of the School of Biological Sciences at Victoria University of Wellington that supports research in coastal ecology and marine biology.
Wrights Hill Fortress
Castle
Photo: Jaydenm, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Wrights Hill Fortress is a counter bombardment coastal artillery battery in the Karori suburb of Wellington, 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.
Empire Cinema & Eatery
Movie theater
Photo: Ballofstring, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Empire Cinema & Eatery is a movie theater.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Happy Valley and Ōwhiro Bay.
Happy Valley
Quarter
Happy Valley is a southern 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.
Ōwhiro Bay
Suburb
Photo: Kristina D.C. Hoeppner, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ōwhiro Bay is a southern suburb of Wellington, New Zealand, that overlooks Cook Strait. It is situated west of the larger suburb of Island Bay. The official name of the suburb was changed from Owhiro Bay to Ōwhiro Bay by the New Zealand Geographic Board on 21 June 2019.
Kingston
Suburb
Photo: HenryCrun15, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kingston is a southern suburb of Wellington, New Zealand, south of Brooklyn and Mornington. The suburb was developed in the 1960s, when there was more "cut and fill" earthworks in new subdivisions to provide flat sections.
Hawkins Hill
- Categories: hill and landform
- Location: New Zealand, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-41.32917° or 41° 19′ 45″ southLongitude
174.72635° or 174° 43′ 35″ eastElevation
495 metres (1,624 feet)Open location code
4VCPMPCG+8GOpenStreetMap ID
node 3218328781OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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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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