Glen Afton
Glen Afton and Pukemiro are twin settlements in the Waikato District, in northern Waikato region of New Zealand's North Island. The nearest town is Huntly, some 14 km away.- Type: Hamlet
- Description: locality in Waikato District, Waikato Region, New Zealand
- Also known as: “Pukemiro”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Rotowaro Carbonisation Plant.
Rotowaro Carbonisation Plant
Photo: Impavidus87, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Rotowaro Carbonisation Plant, also known as the Waikato Carbonisation Plant, was a coal processing plant in the Rotowaro/Huntly area, New Zealand. It was also the first plant to use the Lurgi process in the Southern Hemisphere. Rotowaro Carbonisation Plant is situated 3½ km east of Glen Afton.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rotowaro and Glen Massey.
Rotowaro
Locality
Photo: Impavidus87, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Rotowaro was once a small coal mining township approximately 10 km west of Huntly in the Waikato region of New Zealand. The town was built especially for miners houses, but was entirely removed in the 1980s to make way for a large opencast mine. Rotowaro is situated 6 km northeast of Glen Afton.
Glen Massey
Hamlet
Photo: Johnragla, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Glen Massey is a former mining village, 9.5 km west of Ngāruawāhia, which was, until 1958, terminus of the Glen Massey Line. It then went into decline, but is now becoming a home for Hamilton commuters. Glen Massey is situated 8 km southeast of Glen Afton.
Ruawaro
Hamlet
Ruawaro is a rural community in the Waikato District and Waikato region of New Zealand's North Island, situated south of Lake Whangape and west of Huntly. Ruawaro is situated 9 km north of Glen Afton.
Glen Afton
- Category: locality
- Location: Waikato District, Waikato, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-37.60991° or 37° 36′ 36″ southLongitude
175.03094° or 175° 1′ 51″ eastElevation
156 metres (512 feet)Open location code
4VJQ92RJ+29OpenStreetMap ID
node 1660261219OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Turkish—“Glen Afton” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Glen Afton”
- Dutch: “Glen Afton”
- French: “Glen Afton”
- Maori: “Glen Afton”
- Turkish: “Glen Afton”
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