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.
- Type: Plain
- Description: plain in New Zealand
- Also known as: “Canterbury düzlükleri”, “Canterbury Plain”, “Southern Plains”, “Кантербериска Рамница”, and “캔터버리 평원”
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. Flemington is situated 2½ km southwest of Canterbury Plains.
Canterbury Plains
- Categories: plain and landform
- Location: New Zealand, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-44° or 44° south
Longitude
171.75° or 171° 45′ east
Elevation
50 metres (164 feet)
Open location code
4V8H2Q22+22
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In Other Languages
From Aragonese to Uighur—“Canterbury Plains” goes by many names.
- Aragonese: “Planas de Canterbury”
- Cebuano: “Canterbury Plains”
- Chinese: “坎特伯里平原”
- Chinese: “坎特伯雷平原”
- Danish: “Canterbury Plains”
- Dutch: “Canterbury Plains”
- Finnish: “Canterburyn tasanko”
- French: “Plaines de Canterbury”
- German: “Canterbury Plains”
- Korean: “캔터베리 평원”
- Macedonian: “Кантербериска Низина”
- Maori: “Kā Pākihi-whakatekateka-a-Waitaha”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Canterbury Plains”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Canterbury Plains”
- Norwegian: “Canterbury Plains”
- Polish: “Canterbury”
- Portuguese: “Planícies de Canterbury”
- Russian: “Кентерберийская равнина”
- Slovenian: “Canterburyjska ravnina”
- Spanish: “Llanuras de Canterbury”
- Turkish: “Canterbury Düzlükleri”
- Uighur: “كانتېربۇرى تۈزلەڭلىكى”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Wheatstone and Flemington.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Kongutu Reserve and Ashburton River/Hakatere.
New Zealand: Must-Visit Destinations
Worth a closer look: Auckland and Wellington.
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