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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Phillip Capper, CC BY 2.0.
- 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 include Mount Buckley.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wallsend and Taylorville.
Wallsend
Hamlet
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Wallsend is a locality in the West Coast region of New Zealand, located on the south side of the Grey River. It is located opposite Taylorville. The two settlements were connected via a suspension bridge for pedestrians that was known as the Taylorville bridge.
Taylorville
Hamlet
Taylorville is a small town on the banks of the Grey River, It is roughly 10 kilometers from the mouth of the river in Greymouth. The local Taylorville swimming hole is popular for swimming and dog walking, but West Coast Regional Council advises against swimming in it after heavy rain due to elevated levels of E.coli.
Brunner
Locality
Brunner, originally called Brunnerton, is a town in the northwest of New Zealand's South Island. It is 12 kilometres east of Greymouth, on the south bank of the Grey River.
Dobson
- Category: locality
- Location: Grey District, West Coast, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-42.45109° or 42° 27′ 4″ southLongitude
171.31331° or 171° 18′ 48″ eastPopulation
570Elevation
55 metres (180 feet)Named after
George DobsonOpen location code
4V9HG8X7+H8OpenStreetMap ID
node 288170518OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“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”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Te Māwherataka-o-kā-kuwhā-o-Tūterakiwhānoa and Stillwater.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Paparoa Range School and Brunner Volunteer Fire Brigade.
West Coast: Must-Visit Destinations
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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 “Dobson”. Photo: Phillip Capper, CC BY 2.0.