Purakaunui Falls
The Purakaunui Falls are a cascading three-tiered waterfall on the Purakaunui River, in The Catlins of the southern South Island of New Zealand. As one of very few South Island waterfalls away from the alpine region, it has long been a popular destination and photographic subject.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places in the Area
Nearby places include Caberfeidh and Maclennan.
Caberfeidh
Locality
The small settlement of Caberfeidh is located in The Catlins, in the Otago region of New Zealand's South Island. The site of a former railway station on the Catlins Branch Line, it is sited close to a tributary of the Maclennan River, 5 kilometres north of the coast at Tahakopa Bay and 12 kilometres southwest of Owaka. Caberfeidh is situated 6 km west of Purakaunui Falls.
Maclennan
Hamlet
Maclennan is a small settlement in The Catlins, an area of the southern South Island of New Zealand. It is located 20 kilometres southwest of Owaka. From 1915 until its closure on 27 February 1971, the Catlins River Branch railway passed through the village, and the station building and goods shed still stand today. Maclennan is situated 7 km west of Purakaunui Falls.
Papatowai
Hamlet
Papatowai is a small settlement in the Catlins ward of the Clutha District of the southeastern South Island of New Zealand. The settlement is situated half-way between the cities of Dunedin and Invercargill, on the Pacific coast close to the mouth of the Tahakopa River. Papatowai is situated 8 km southwest of Purakaunui Falls.
Purakaunui Falls
- Type: Waterfall
- Description: waterfall in The Catlins, New Zealand
- Category: body of water
- Location: Clutha District, Otago, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-46.51757° or 46° 31′ 3″ southLongitude
169.56084° or 169° 33′ 39″ eastElevation
149 metres (489 feet)Open location code
4V5FFHJ6+X8OpenStreetMap ID
node 268717141OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=waterfall
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Western Panjabi—“Purakaunui Falls” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Tabayones de Purakaunui”
- Asturian: “Tabayones Purakaunui”
- Basque: “Purakaunui ur-jauziak”
- Catalan: “Cascades Purakaunui”
- Cebuano: “Purakaunui Falls”
- German: “Purakaunui Falls”
- Mazanderani: “ئوشار پوراکائونوی”
- Mazanderani: “پوراکائونوی ئوشار”
- Persian: “آبشار پوراکائونوی”
- Persian: “ابشار پوراکائونوی”
- Russian: “Пуракаунуи (водопад)”
- Russian: “Пуракаунуи”
- Spanish: “Cataratas Purakaunui”
- Spanish: “Purakaunui Falls”
- Tajik: “Обшори Пуракаунуӣ”
- Tajik: “Пуракаунуи”
- Tajik: “Шаршараи Пуракаунуӣ”
- Ukrainian: “Перукані (водоспад)”
- Ukrainian: “Перукані”
- Urdu: “پوراکاؤنوئی آبشار”
- Western Panjabi: “پوراکاؤنوئی آبشار”
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