Blackhead
Blackhead is a promontory on the coast of Otago, New Zealand. It lies within the city limits of Dunedin, some 10 kilometres southwest of the city centre.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Grutness, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Cape
- Description: point in Dunedin, New Zealand
- Also known as: “Black Head” and “Green Island Head”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Tunnel Beach and Kaikorai Lagoon.
Tunnel Beach
Beach
Photo: ChristchurchHistorian, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tunnel Beach is a locality 7.5 kilometres southwest of the city centre of Dunedin, New Zealand. Located just south of St Clair, Tunnel Beach has sea-carved sandstone cliffs, rock arches and caves.
Sunnyvale Park
Recreation area
Sunnyvale Park is a multi-use sports venue in Dunedin, New Zealand. It is located immediately to the west of Abbotsford in Sunnyvale, near Green Island, and is bounded by Main South Road, Dunedin Southern Motorway and Abbot's Creek, a tributary of the Kaikorai Stream.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Waldronville and Green Island.
Waldronville
Suburb
Waldronville is a coastal settlement on the Pacific Ocean coast of the South Island of New Zealand. Established in the 1950s as a commuter settlement, it is located 13 kilometres to the southwest of Dunedin city centre, and lies within the city's limits.
Green Island
Suburb
Photo: Egmason, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Green Island is a suburb of Dunedin, New Zealand. Not an actual island, this former borough takes its name from the Green Island bush, uncleared native forest extending from the valley where the community is centred over the hills towards the coast.
Concord
Suburb
Concord is a small residential suburb of the New Zealand city of Dunedin. It is southwest of the city centre. It lay on State Highway 1 until the construction of the Dunedin Southern Motorway in the 1990s, but is now bypassed by traffic from central Dunedin.
Blackhead
- Categories: point and landform
- Location: New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-45.932° or 45° 55′ 55″ southLongitude
170.43198° or 170° 25′ 55″ eastElevation
115 metres (377 feet)Open location code
4V6G3C9J+5QOpenStreetMap ID
node 11661794069OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cape
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to French—“Blackhead” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Black Head”
- French: “Blackhead”
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