Castle Rock

Motutere / Castle Rock is a 525-metre-high mountain southeast of , , on 's . It was formerly popular for rock climbing, with a number of high bolted routes.
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  • Type: Peak with an elevation of 525 metres
  • Description: mountain in the Waikato, New Zealand
  • Also known as: Castle Hill”, “Motutere”, and “Motutere / Castle Rock

Places of Interest

Highlights include Waiau Falls.

Waterfall
is a waterfall.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Te Rerenga and Coromandel.

Hamlet
is a locality on the , , . State Highway 25 runs through it. is 12 km to the west. lies to the south east.

is a small town on the western side of , within the Hauraki Gulf, in the of .

Locality
Photo: Gadfium, Public domain.
is a locality on the western side of the of . It lies to the east of State Highway 25, south of and north of . is situated 10 km southwest of Castle Rock.

Castle Rock

Latitude
-36.80345° or 36° 48′ 12″ south
Longitude
175.5627° or 175° 33′ 46″ east
Elevation
525 metres (1,722 feet)
Open location code
4VMQ5HW7+J3
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1682243316
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Geo­Names ID
2192516
Wiki­data ID
Q19875557
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Russian—“Castle Rock” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: Castle Rock
  • Cebuano: Motutere
  • Dutch: Castle Rock
  • Dutch: Motutere
  • Irish: Motutere
  • Ladin: Motutere / Castle Rock
  • Ladin: Motutere/Castle Rock
  • Maori: Motutere
  • Russian: Касл-Рок (Уаикато)
  • Russian: Касл-Рок

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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 “Castle Rock”. Photo: W. L. Tarbert, CC BY-SA 4.0.