Back Creek

Back Creek is a stream in New Zealand. Back Creek is situated nearby to the locality Kātiki, as well as near Trotters Gorge.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kātiki Point Lighthouse.

Kātiki Point Lighthouse

Lighthouse

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The Kātiki Point Lighthouse, also known as Moeraki Lighthouse, shone for the first time in 1878, following several accidents on the dangerous reefs around the area, to make the area safer for ships that sailed past on their way to Port Chalmers, Dunedin. Kātiki Point Lighthouse is situated 2½ km east of Back Creek.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kātiki and Moeraki.

Kātiki

Locality

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Kātiki is a small settlement in North Otago, New Zealand. It lies between the townships of Palmerston and Hampden on State Highway 1 at the northern end of Kātiki Beach, close to the Moeraki Peninsula.

Moeraki

Village

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Moeraki is a small fishing village on the east coast of the South Island of New Zealand. It was once the location of a whaling station. In the 1870s, local interests believed it could become the main port for the north Otago area and a railway line, the Moeraki Branch, was built to the settlement and opened in 1877. Moeraki is situated 4½ km north of Back Creek.

Shag Point

Hamlet

Shag Point / Matakaea is a headland and township in East Otago, New Zealand. Both the point and the nearby Shag River take their English name from a seabird, the pied shag. Shag Point is situated 7 km south of Back Creek.

Back Creek

Latitude

-45.4° or 45° 24′ south

Longitude

170.83333° or 170° 50′ east

Elevation

8 metres (26 feet)

Open location code

4V6GJR2M+28

GeoNames ID

2193634

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