Dobson
Dobson is a small town on the banks of the Grey River in the South Island of New Zealand. It is 10 kilometres east from the river's mouth at Greymouth.
- Type: Village with 570 residents
- Description: locality in Grey District, West Coast Region, New Zealand
- Also known as: “Dobson, New Zealand”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Mount Buckley.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wallsend and Taylorville.
Wallsend
Hamlet
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Locality
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Dobson
- Category: locality
- Location: Grey District, West Coast, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-42.45109° or 42° 27′ 4″ south
Longitude
171.31331° or 171° 18′ 48″ east
Population
570
Elevation
55 metres (180 feet)
Named after
Open location code
4V9HG8X7+H8
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Urdu—“Dobson” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Dobson”
- Dutch: “Dobson, New Zealand”
- French: “Dobson (Nouvelle-Zélande)”
- French: “Dobson”
- Japanese: “ドブソン”
- Malay: “Dobson, New Zealand”
- Polish: “Dobson (Nowa Zelandia)”
- Polish: “Dobson”
- Turkish: “Dobson”
- Urdu: “ڈوبسن، نیوزی لینڈ”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Te Māwherataka-o-kā-kuwhā-o-Tūterakiwhānoa and Stillwater.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Paparoa Range School and Brunner Fire Station.
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Worth a closer look: Westport and Greymouth.
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