South Island
Otago
Clutha District

Balclutha

Balclutha is a town in South Otago, lying towards the end of the , on the east coast of the of New Zealand. It is about halfway between and on the Main South Line railway, State Highway 1 and the Southern Scenic Route.
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  • Type: Town with 4,280 residents
  • Description: town in Clutha District, Otago Region, New Zealand
  • Also known as: “Balclutha, New Zealand”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Balclutha Road Bridge and South Otago High School.

Bridge
Photo: Agmonsnir, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The , which spans the in Balclutha, South Otago, New Zealand, is one of the best-known road bridges in New Zealand's .

School
Photo: Giantflightlessbirds, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is situated in Balclutha, , in the of . It is the largest school in the South Otago region. The country's second longest river, the , marks the northeastern boundary of the School's grounds.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Stirling and Finegand.

Village
is a settlement in . It is located in South , approximately 5 km from Balclutha, and just north of the Matau Branch of the . is situated 3½ km east of Balclutha.

Hamlet
is a locality in the South Otago region of New Zealand's . Named after , in , by John Shaw. John Shaw arrived in New Zealand in 1852, with his sister Margaret, from which is near Glenshee in Perthshire, Scotland. is situated 3½ km south of Balclutha.

Village
is a town in . It is located five kilometres east of Balclutha in South Otago, close to the small . was formerly the site of one of New Zealand's largest domestic porcelain factories, closing in 1990 after a large fire destroyed the factory and surrounding warehouses. is situated 4½ km east of Balclutha.

Balclutha

Latitude
-46.2378° or 46° 14′ 16″ south
Longitude
169.73986° or 169° 44′ 24″ east
Population
4,280
Elevation
27 metres (89 feet)
Named after
Scottish Gaelic: Baile air Chluaidh / Town on the River Clyde
United Nations Location Code
NZ BAL
Open location code
4V5FQP6Q+VW
Open­Street­Map ID
node 206238200
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2208248
Wiki­data ID
Q804717
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Waray—“Balclutha” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بالكلوثا”
  • Asturian: “Balclutha”
  • Basque: “Balclutha”
  • Catalan: “Balclutha (Nova Zelanda)”
  • Catalan: “Balclutha”
  • Catalan: “Iwikatea”
  • Cebuano: “Balclutha”
  • Dutch: “Balclutha”
  • Esperanto: “Balclutha”
  • French: “Balclutha”
  • German: “Balclutha (Neuseeland)”
  • German: “Balclutha”
  • Italian: “Balclutha”
  • Japanese: “バルクルーサ”
  • Low German: “Balclutha”
  • Malay: “Balclutha, New Zealand”
  • Maori: “Iwikatea”
  • Polish: “Balclutha”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Baile Chluaidh”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Baile Cluaidh”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Balclutha”
  • Slovenian: “Balclutha”
  • Spanish: “Balclutha (nueva zelanda)”
  • Spanish: “Balclutha”
  • Swedish: “Balclutha”
  • Turkish: “Balclutha”
  • Urdu: “بالکلوتھا، نیوزی لینڈ”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Balclutha”

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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 Wikipedia page “Balclutha”. Photo: Grutness, CC BY-SA 3.0.