Denniston
Denniston is a small settlement, 15 kilometres east of Westport, on the West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand. It is situated on the Denniston Plateau, 600 metres above sea level in the Papahaua Ranges.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: National Library NZ on The Commons, Public domain.
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: New Zealand locality and industrial heritage site
- Also known as: “Denniston, New Zealand”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Waimangaroa.
Waimangaroa
Village
Photo: Alan Liefting, Public domain.
Waimangaroa is a small town located on the West Coast of New Zealand. The township lies on the south-west bank of the Waimangaroa River, at the western foot of the Denniston Plateau. Waimangaroa is situated 4 km northwest of Denniston.
Denniston
- Categories: locality, ghost town, and heritage site
- Location: Buller District, West Coast, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-41.73721° or 41° 44′ 14″ southLongitude
171.79738° or 171° 47′ 51″ eastElevation
418 metres (1,371 feet)Named after
Robert Blair DennistonOpen location code
4VCH7Q7W+4XOpenStreetMap ID
node 313829192OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
2191802Wikidata ID
Q5259123
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“Denniston” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Denniston, New Zealand”
- French: “Denniston (Nouvelle-Zélande)”
- French: “Denniston”
- German: “Denniston”
- Maori: “Denniston”
- Turkish: “Denniston”
- Welsh: “Goleddf Denniston”
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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 “Denniston”. Photo: National Library NZ on The Commons, Public domain.