Cook River/Weheka
The Cook River / Weheka is in the South Island of New Zealand. The headwaters are from the La Perouse Glacier on the western flanks of the Southern Alps / Kā Tiritiri o te Moana, and it flows west, then northeast, then northwest and into the Tasman Sea.
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in New Zealand
- Also known as: “Cook River”, “Cook River / Weheka”, “Weheka”, and “Weheka River”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Gillespies Beach.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gillespies Beach.
Gillespies Beach
Locality
Gillespies Beach is a black sand beach and settlement on the West Coast of New Zealand's South Island, 20 kilometres west of Fox Glacier township by road. Gillespies Beach is situated 3 km northeast of Cook River/Weheka.
Cook River/Weheka
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: New Zealand, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-43.42824° or 43° 25′ 42″ south
Longitude
169.78957° or 169° 47′ 23″ east
Elevation
1 metre (3 feet)
Open location code
4V8FHQCQ+PR
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Cook River/Weheka” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Cook River/Weheka”
- Cebuano: “Cook River”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كوك”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر كوك”
- French: “Cook”
- French: “Rivière Cook”
- German: “Cook River/Weheka”
- Irish: “Weheka”
- Maori: “Weheka”
- Welsh: “Afon Cook/Weheka”
- Welsh: “Afon Cook”
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