Channel Rocks

Channel Rocks is in New Zealand. Channel Rocks is situated nearby to the quarter East End, as well as near the locality Awarua.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bluff Maritime Museum and The Bluff / Motupōhue.

Bluff Maritime Museum

Museum

The Bluff Maritime Museum is located in New Zealand's southernmost port of Bluff. The museum is situated on Foreshore Road and contains an extensive collection of Bluff's maritime heritage.

The Bluff / Motupōhue

Peak

Photo: Phill Parkinson, CC BY 2.0.

The Bluff / Motupōhue is a peak.

The Tiwai Point Aluminium Smelter is an aluminium smelter owned by Rio Tinto Group, via a joint venture called New Zealand Aluminium Smelters Limited. The facility, New Zealand's only aluminium smelter, is at Tiwai Point, near Bluff. Tiwai Point Aluminium Smelter is situated 2½ km northeast of Channel Rocks.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include East End and Bluff.

East End

Quarter

East End is a coastal suburb of New Plymouth, in the western North Island of New Zealand. It is located to the east of the city centre, north of Strandon, and west of Fitzroy.

Bluff

Photo: Karora, Public domain.

Bluff is a small port town and the southernmost town on the South Island of New Zealand. It is 30 km south of the city of Invercargill.

Ocean Beach

Neighborhood

Ocean Beach is an industrial area in the Southland Region of New Zealand. For around 100 years it was the site of a freezing works. This closed in 1991, and the site has been redeveloped as an aquaculture facility. Ocean Beach is situated 3½ km west of Channel Rocks.

Channel Rocks

Type: Rock
Category: landform
Location: New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude

-46.60237° or 46° 36′ 9″ south

Longitude

168.35734° or 168° 21′ 26″ east

Open location code

4V5C99X4+3W

OpenStreetMap ID

node 9271434848

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=rock

GeoNames ID

2192423

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