Banks Peninsula
Canterbury is a region on the east coast of the South Island of New Zealand. The Canterbury Plains stretch from the Conway River in the north, just south of Kaikoura, to the great Waitaki River in the south, just north of Oamaru.- Type: Cape
- Description: Peninsula south of Christchurch, New Zealand
- Also known as: “Banks Island”, “Banks peninsula”, “Banks-Halbinsel”, “Hakaroa”, “Peninsula Banks”, “Península Banks”, “Peninsule de Banks”, “Péninsule de banks”, and “Te Pātaka-o-Rākaihautū / Banks Peninsula”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pigeon Bay and Duvauchelle.
Robinsons Bay
Hamlet
Robinsons Bay is a settlement and bay in Akaroa Harbour on Banks Peninsula, New Zealand.
Banks Peninsula
- Categories: peninsula and landform
- Location: Christchurch City, Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-43.72339° or 43° 43′ 24″ south
Longitude
172.91021° or 172° 54′ 37″ east
Population
8,850
Elevation
352 metres (1,155 feet)
Named after
Open location code
4V8J7WG6+J3
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cape
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Banks Peninsula” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “شبه جزيرة البنوك”
- Aragonese: “Peninsula de Banks”
- Azerbaijani: “Banks yarımadası”
- Catalan: “Península de Banks”
- Cebuano: “Banks”
- Chinese: “班克斯半島”
- Croatian: “Banks (poluotok)”
- Croatian: “Banks”
- Dutch: “Banks Peninsula”
- Dutch: “Banks-schiereiland”
- Esperanto: “Duoninsulo Banks”
- Finnish: “Banksin niemimaa”
- French: “péninsule de Banks”
- French: “Péninsule de Banks”
- German: “Banks Peninsula”
- Italian: “Penisola di Banks”
- Japanese: “バンクス半島”
- Korean: “뱅크스반도”
- Lithuanian: “Bankso pusiasalis”
- Maori: “Horomaka”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Bankshalvøya”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bankshalvøya”
- Norwegian: “Bankshalvøya”
- Polish: “Półwysep Banksa”
- Portuguese: “Península de Banks”
- Russian: “Банкс”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Banks”
- Slovenian: “Banks Peninsula”
- Spanish: “Península de Banks”
- Turkish: “Banks Yarımadası”
- Ukrainian: “Бенкс”
- Ukrainian: “Півострів Бенкс”
- Vietnamese: “Bán đảo Banks”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Kukupa and Barrys Bay.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Pigeon Bay Peak and Pearce.
Canterbury: Must-Visit Destinations
Worth a closer look: Christchurch and Mount Cook National Park.
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