Clutha River
The Clutha River / Mata-Au is the second longest river in New Zealand and the longest in the South Island. It flows south-southeast 338 kilometres through Central and South Otago from Lake Wānaka in the Southern Alps to the Pacific Ocean, 75 kilometres south west of Dunedin.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: river in the South Island of New Zealand
- Also known as: “Clutha River / Mata Au”, “Clutha River / Mata-Au”, “Clutha River / Matau”, “Clutha River/Mata-Au”, “Matau River”, and “Molyneux”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Port Molyneux and Kaka Point.
Port Molyneux
Locality
Port Molyneux is a tiny settlement on the coast of South Otago, New Zealand, close to the north-easternmost point of The Catlins. Now home only to farmland, it was a thriving port in the early years of New Zealand's European settlement.
Kaka Point
Village
Photo: Turnagra, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kaka Point is a small town at the northern edge of The Catlins, an area of the southern South Island of New Zealand. It is located 15 kilometres south of Balclutha and 8 km north of the headland of Nugget Point. Kaka Point is situated 4 km south of Clutha River.
Romahapa
Locality
Romahapa is a locality in the Catlins region of Otago in New Zealand's South Island. It is located between the towns of Balclutha and Owaka. The last shop closed in 1977. Romahapa is situated 7 km west of Clutha River.
Clutha River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: New Zealand, Oceania
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Satellite Map
Discover Clutha River from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Aragonese to Welsh—“Clutha River” goes by many names.
- Aragonese: “Río Clutha”
- Asturian: “Ríu Clutha / Mata-Au”
- Basque: “Clutha ibaia”
- Catalan: “Clutha”
- Catalan: “Riu Clutha”
- Cebuano: “Clutha River/Mata-Au”
- Cebuano: “Clutha River”
- Chinese: “克卢萨河”
- Chuvash: “Клута”
- Czech: “Clutha River”
- Dutch: “Clutha River”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر كلوثا”
- French: “Clutha”
- German: “Clutha River / Mata-Au”
- German: “Clutha River”
- German: “Clutha River/Mata-Au”
- Hebrew: “כלותה”
- Irish: “Matau”
- Japanese: “クルサ川”
- Lithuanian: “Kluta”
- Macedonian: “Клута”
- Malayalam: “ക്ലൂത്ത നദി”
- Maori: “Mata-Au”
- Maori: “Matau”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Clutha”
- Norwegian: “Clutha”
- Polish: “Clutha”
- Russian: “Клута”
- Slovenian: “Clutha”
- Spanish: “Rio Clutha”
- Spanish: “Río Clutha”
- Swedish: “Clutha”
- Turkish: “Clutha Nehri”
- Ukrainian: “Клута”
- Venetian: “Fiume Clutha”
- Welsh: “Afon Clutha/Mata-Au”
- Welsh: “Afon Clutha”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Paretai and Port Molyneux.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Cemetery Hill and Molyneux Bay.
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About Mapcarta. 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 “Clutha River”. Photo: Fonetikli, CC BY-SA 3.0.