Oban

Oban is the principal settlement on , the southern most inhabited island of the New Zealand archipelago. Oban is centred on , and stretches over a peninsula to .
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  • Type: Village with 300 residents
  • Description: locality in Southland District, Southland Region, New Zealand
  • Also known as: Half Moon Bay”, “Halfmoon Bay”, “Halfmoon Bay (Oban)”, “Halfmoon Bay / Oban”, and “Oban, New Zealand

Places of Interest

Highlights include Stewart Island Library and Bathing Beach.

Library
Photo: Ambrosia10, CC0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Watercress Beach.

Locality
is a locality.

Oban

Latitude
-46.89799° or 46° 53′ 53″ south
Longitude
168.12838° or 168° 7′ 42″ east
Population
300
Elevation
5 metres (16 feet)
Named after
Òban
Open location code
4V5C442H+R9
Open­Street­Map ID
node 973972628
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2190349
Wiki­data ID
Q1718987
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Welsh—“Oban” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: Oban
  • Cebuano: Oban
  • 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
  • Welsh: Oban, Seland Newydd

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Halfmoon Bay School and Bunkhouse Theatre.

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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 “Oban”. Photo: John Hill, CC BY-SA 3.0.