Balclutha
Balclutha is a town in South Otago, lying towards the end of the Clutha River, on the east coast of the South Island of New Zealand. It is about halfway between Dunedin and Gore on the Main South Line railway, State Highway 1 and the Southern Scenic Route.
- Town with about 4,230 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 30 metres (90 feet)
- …is also known as “Balclutha, New Zealand”
- …is named after Scottish Gaelic: Baile Chluaidh / Town of the River Clyde
- Description: town in Clutha District, Otago Region, New Zealand
Places of Interest
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South Otago High School
South Otago High School is situated in Balclutha, Otago, in the South Island of New Zealand.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Stirling and Finegand.
Finegand
Hamlet
Finegand is a locality in the South Otago region of New Zealand's South Island.
3½ km south of Balclutha
Balclutha
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Latitude
-46.2378° or 46° 14′ 16″ south
Longitude
169.73986° or 169° 44′ 24″ east
UN/LOCODE
NZ BAL
Open location code
4V5FQP6Q+VW
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = town
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Waray—“Balclutha” goes by many names.
بالكلوثاArabic
BalcluthaAsturian
BalcluthaBasque
BalcluthaCatalan
Balclutha (Nova Zelanda)Catalan
IwikateaCatalan
BalcluthaCebuano
BalcluthaDutch
BalcluthaEsperanto
BalcluthaItalian
バルクルーサJapanese
BalcluthaLow German
Balclutha, New ZealandMalay
IwikateaMaori
BalcluthaPolish
Baile ChluaidhScottish Gaelic
Baile CluaidhScottish Gaelic
BalcluthaScottish Gaelic
BalcluthaSlovenian
BalcluthaSwedish
BalcluthaTurkish
بالکلوتھا، نیوزی لینڈUrdu
BalcluthaWaray (Philippines)
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