Avon River/Ōtākaro
The Avon River / Ōtākaro, sometimes rendered as the River Avon, flows through the centre of the city of Christchurch, New Zealand, and into the Pacific Ocean via the Avon Heathcote Estuary / Ihutai, which it shares with the Ōpāwaho / Heathcote River.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Christchurch, New Zealand
- Also known as: “Avon River”, “Avon River / Ōtakaro”, “Avon River/Otakaro”, and “Shakespere River”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Southshore Spit Reserve and Ferrymead Heritage Park.
Southshore Spit Reserve
Nature reserve
Photo: Podzemnik, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Southshore Spit Reserve is a nature reserve.
Ferrymead Heritage Park
Theme park
Photo: Pseudopanax, Public domain.
Ferrymead Heritage Park is an outdoor museum in Christchurch, New Zealand. First known as the Museum of Science and Technology and later Ferrymead Historic Park, it was founded in 1964 by a collection of local heritage enthusiast groups who had a common need for space to store and display their assets. Ferrymead Heritage Park is situated 3 km southwest of Avon River/Ōtākaro.
Matuku-takotako
Beach
Photo: Podzemnik, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Matuku-takotako is a beach, which is situated 3 km southeast of Avon River/Ōtākaro.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Southshore and Redcliffs.
Southshore
Quarter
Southshore is an eastern coastal suburb within Christchurch, New Zealand. It is located on a narrow 2.5 km long sandspit that runs along the eastern side of the Avon Heathcote Estuary and west of the Pacific Ocean.
Mount Pleasant
Suburb
Mount Pleasant is a coastal suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand. The suburb is located on the northern flank of the mountain Tauhinukorokio/Mount Pleasant in the Port Hills.
Avon River/Ōtākaro
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: New Zealand, Oceania
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Avon River/Ōtākaro” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Avon / Ōtakaro”
- Cebuano: “Avon River/Otakaro”
- Cebuano: “Avon River”
- Chinese: “埃文河”
- Chinese: “奥塔卡罗”
- Chinese: “雅芳河-奥塔卡罗”
- Chinese: “雅芳河”
- Finnish: “Avon”
- French: “Avon (Nouvelle-Zélande)”
- French: “Avon”
- German: “Avon River (Canterbury)”
- German: “Avon River/Ōtakaro”
- Irish: “Ōtakaro”
- Japanese: “エイヴォン川”
- Korean: “에이번 강 (캔터베리)”
- Korean: “에이번강”
- Macedonian: “Ејвон”
- Maori: “Ōtakaro”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Avonelva i Canterbury”
- Russian: “Эйвон (река, Южный остров)”
- Russian: “Эйвон”
- Slovenian: “Avon”
- Welsh: “Afon Avon/Otakaro”
- Welsh: “Afon Avon”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Avon Heathcote Estuary and McCormacks Bay.
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Avon River/Ōtākaro”. Photo: Gobeirne, CC BY-SA 3.0.