Burnham Military Camp
Burnham, also known as Burnham Camp, is the largest army base in New Zealand's South Island. It is located 28 kilometres south of Christchurch on the Canterbury Plains in the Selwyn District, close to the town of Dunsandel.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 1,510 residents
- Description: largest army base in New Zealand’s South Island
- Also known as: “Burnham” and “Burnham Camp”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Selwyn and Ellesmere.
Selwyn
Hamlet
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Selwyn is a village in the Selwyn District of Canterbury, New Zealand. It was laid out in the 1860s for a population of 2,000 people, but it currently has very few houses. Selwyn is situated 7 km southwest of Burnham Military Camp.
Ellesmere
Locality
Ellesmere is a locality in the Selwyn District of New Zealand. Located south of Rolleston, the locality has given its names to a number of features. Ellesmere ward is a large rural area within Selwyn District; two of Selwyn's ten district councillors are elected in that ward. Lake Ellesmere / Te Waihora, Canterbury's largest lake, is located south of Ellesmere. Ellesmere is situated 7 km southeast of Burnham Military Camp.
Rolleston
Town
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Rolleston is the seat and largest town in the Selwyn District, in the Canterbury region of New Zealand's South Island. It is located on the Canterbury Plains 22 kilometres south-west of Christchurch, and is part of the wider Christchurch metropolitan area. Rolleston is situated 7 km east of Burnham Military Camp.
Burnham Military Camp
- Category: locality
- Location: Selwyn District, Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-43.6174° or 43° 37′ 3″ southLongitude
172.29869° or 172° 17′ 55″ eastPopulation
1,510Elevation
62 metres (203 feet)United Nations Location Code
NZ BUROpen location code
4V8J97MX+2FOpenStreetMap ID
node 295792842OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Burnham Military Camp” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Burnham”
- Dutch: “Burnham, New Zealand”
- German: “Burnham, Neuseeland”
- Russian: “Бернем”
- Russian: “Бёрнхем”
- Russian: “Гарнизон Бёрнхем”
- Turkish: “Burnham”
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