Canterbury Plains
The Canterbury Plains are an area in New Zealand centred in the Mid Canterbury, to the south of the city of Christchurch in the Canterbury region. Their northern extremes are at the foot of the Hundalee Hills in the Hurunui District, and in the south they merge into the plains of North Otago beyond the Waitaki River.
- Plain
- …lies at an elevation of around 50 metres (160 feet)
- Description: plain in New Zealand
- Also known as“Canterbury Plain”“Southern Plains”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wheatstone and Huntingdon.
Wheatstone
Locality
Wheatstone is a locality in the Canterbury region of New Zealand's South Island.
Huntingdon
Hamlet
Huntingdon is a lightly populated locality in the Canterbury region of New Zealand's South Island.
Flemington
Locality
Flemington is a lightly populated locality in the Canterbury region of New Zealand's South Island.
2½ km southwest of Canterbury Plains
Canterbury Plains
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Latitude
-44° or 44° south
Longitude
171.75° or 171° 45′ east
Open location code
4V8H2Q22+22
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In Other Languages
From Aragonese to Uighur—“Canterbury Plains” goes by many names.
Planas de CanterburyAragonese
Canterbury PlainsCebuano
坎特伯里平原Chinese
坎特伯雷平原Chinese
Canterbury PlainsDanish
Canterbury PlainsDutch
Canterburyn tasankoFinnish
캔터버리 평원Korean
캔터베리 평원Korean
Кантербериска НизинаMacedonian
Кантербериска РамницаMacedonian
Kā Pākihi-whakatekateka-a-WaitahaMaori
Canterbury PlainsNorwegian
Canterbury PlainsNorwegian Bokmål
Canterbury PlainsNorwegian Nynorsk
CanterburyPolish
Кентерберийская равнинаRussian
Canterburyjska ravninaSlovenian
Canterbury düzlükleriTurkish
Canterbury PlainsTurkish
كانتېربۇرى تۈزلەڭلىكىUighur
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