Tautuku Beach

Tautuku Beach is a beach in Clutha District, Otago. Tautuku Beach is situated nearby to the hamlet Papatowai, as well as near Maclennan.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Lake Wilkie.

Lake Wilkie

Lake

Photo: Pseudopanax, Public domain.

Lake Wilkie is a small, scenic lake near Tautuku Bay in the Catlins, south of Dunedin, New Zealand. It formed after the last ice age and has gradually shrunk to its current size of 1.7 hectares.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Papatowai and Maclennan.

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 3½ km northeast of Tautuku Beach.

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 6 km northeast of Tautuku Beach.

Tahakopa

Hamlet

Tahakopa is a small settlement in The Catlins, an area of the southern South Island of New Zealand. It is located 25 kilometres northeast of Waikawa on the Tahakopa River. Tahakopa is situated 9 km northwest of Tautuku Beach.

Tautuku Beach

Type: Beach
Description: beach in New Zealand
Category: landform
Location: Clutha District, Otago, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude

-46.58788° or 46° 35′ 16″ south

Longitude

169.44314° or 169° 26′ 35″ east

Elevation

124 metres (407 feet)

Open location code

4V5FCC6V+R7

OpenStreetMap ID

way 152581833

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=beach

GeoNames ID

6208741

Wikidata ID

Q49324960

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

“Tautuku Beach” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Tautuku Beach”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Tautuku and Stuarts.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Tautuku Outdoor Education Centre and Isas Cave.

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