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.- Cape
- …has about 8,850 residents
- …lies at an elevation of 919 metres (3,015 feet)
- …is named after Joseph Banks
- Description: Peninsula south of Christchurch, New Zealand
- Also known as“Banks”“Banks Island”“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
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Latitude
-43.72339° or 43° 43′ 24″ south
Longitude
172.91021° or 172° 54′ 37″ east
Open location code
4V8J7WG6+J3
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cape
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Banks Peninsula” goes by many names.
شبه جزيرة البنوكArabic
Peninsula de BanksAragonese
Banks yarımadasıAzerbaijani
Península de BanksCatalan
BanksCebuano
班克斯半島Chinese
BanksCroatian
Banks (poluotok)Croatian
Banks PeninsulaDutch
Banks-schiereilandDutch
Duoninsulo BanksEsperanto
Banks peninsulaFinnish
Banksin niemimaaFinnish
Penisola di BanksItalian
バンクス半島Japanese
뱅크스반도Korean
Bankso pusiasalisLithuanian
HakaroaMaori
HoromakaMaori
BankshalvøyaNorwegian
Banks PeninsulaNorwegian Bokmål
BankshalvøyaNorwegian Bokmål
Banks PeninsulaNorwegian Nynorsk
BankshalvøyaNorwegian Nynorsk
Półwysep BanksaPolish
БанксRussian
BanksSerbo-Croatian
Banks PeninsulaSlovenian
Banks YarımadasıTurkish
БенксUkrainian
Півострів БенксUkrainian
Bán đảo BanksVietnamese
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Pigeon Bay Peak and Pearce.
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