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Banks Peninsula

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  • Type: Cape
  • Description: Peninsula south of Christchurch, New Zealand
  • Also known as: “Banks”, “Banks Island”, and “Te Pātaka-o-Rākaihautū / Banks Peninsula”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pigeon Bay and Duvauchelle.

Hamlet
Photo: Mike Dickison, CC BY 4.0.
is a hamlet.

Village
Bay is a small town situated at the head of on Banks Peninsula in . State Highway 75 passes through the town. The separates bay from Barry's Bay.

Hamlet
Photo: Pipjohn, CC BY-SA 4.0.
, formerly known as German Bay, is a small town situated in on Banks Peninsula in New Zealand. The main road to passes through this locality. It is 3 kilometres north of Akaroa township.

Banks Peninsula

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
Joseph Banks
Open location code
4V8J7WG6+J3
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2659049053
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­cape
Geo­Names ID
2193579
Wiki­data ID
Q806836
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Satellite Map

Discover Banks Peninsula from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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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: “Banks peninsula”
  • Finnish: “Banksin niemimaa”
  • French: “Peninsule de Banks”
  • French: “péninsule de Banks”
  • French: “Péninsule de banks”
  • French: “Péninsule de Banks”
  • German: “Banks Peninsula”
  • German: “Banks-Halbinsel”
  • Italian: “Penisola di Banks”
  • Japanese: “バンクス半島”
  • Korean: “뱅크스반도”
  • Lithuanian: “Bankso pusiasalis”
  • Maori: “Hakaroa”
  • Maori: “Horomaka”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Banks Peninsula”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Bankshalvøya”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Banks Peninsula”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bankshalvøya”
  • Norwegian: “Bankshalvøya”
  • Polish: “Półwysep Banksa”
  • Portuguese: “Península de Banks”
  • Russian: “Банкс”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Banks”
  • Slovenian: “Banks Peninsula”
  • Spanish: “Peninsula Banks”
  • Spanish: “Península Banks”
  • Spanish: “Peninsula de Banks”
  • Spanish: “Península de Banks”
  • Turkish: “Banks Yarımadası”
  • Ukrainian: “Бенкс”
  • Ukrainian: “Півострів Бенкс”
  • Vietnamese: “Bán đảo Banks”

Places with the Same Name

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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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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Banks Peninsula”. Photo: Podzemnik, CC BY-SA 4.0.