Oban

Oban is the principal settlement on , the southernmost inhabited island of the New Zealand archipelago. Oban is centred on , and stretches over a peninsula to .
Wikipedia
Photo: Pseudopanax, Public domain.
  • Village with 300 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 5 metres (16 feet)
  • …is named after Oban
  • Description: locality in Southland District, Southland Region, New Zealand
  • Also known as
    “Half Moon Bay”
    “Halfmoon Bay / Oban”
    “Oban, New Zealand”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Stewart Island Library and Bathing Beach.

Library
Photo: Ambrosia10, CC0.

Beach
Photo: Pseudopanax, Public domain.

Peak
Photo: Pseudopanax, Public domain.
is a peak.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Watercress Beach.

Locality
Photo: Quilt Phase, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a locality.

Oban

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Latitude
-46.89799° or 46° 53′ 53″ south
Longitude
168.12838° or 168° 7′ 42″ east
Open location code
4V5C442H+R9
Open­Street­Map ID
node 973972628
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2190349
Wiki­data ID
Q1718987

Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Welsh—“Oban” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Oban”
  • Cebuano: “Oban”
  • Chechen: “Обан”
  • Chinese: “奧本 (紐西蘭)”
  • Chinese: “奧本”
  • Dutch: “Oban”
  • French: “Oban”
  • German: “Oban”
  • Hebrew: “אובן”
  • Hungarian: “Oban”
  • Italian: “Oban”
  • Japanese: “オーバン”
  • Lithuanian: “Obanas (Naujoji Zelandija)”
  • Lithuanian: “Obanas”
  • Macedonian: “Обан”
  • Malay: “Oban, New Zealand”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Oban”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Oban på New Zealand”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Oban”
  • Norwegian: “Oban”
  • Polish: “Oban”
  • Slovenian: “Oban”
  • Spanish: “Halfmoon bay”
  • Spanish: “Oban”
  • Turkish: “Oban”
  • Ukrainian: “Обан”
  • Urdu: “اوبان، نیوزی لینڈ”
  • Welsh: “Oban, Seland Newydd”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Halfmoon Bay School and Bunkhouse Theatre.

Southland: Highlights

Notable places include Fiordland National Park and Invercargill.

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