Cathedral Caves
The Cathedral Caves is a large V shaped limestone sea cave located on Waipati Beach, 15 kilometres south of Papatowai, on the Catlins Coast in the southeast corner of New Zealand's South Island.
- Email: ccaves@unifone.net.nz
- Type: Cave
- Description: sea cave in New Zealand
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Papatowai.
Papatowai
Hamlet
Papatowai is a small settlement in the Catlins ward… Papatowai is situated 9 km northeast of Cathedral Caves.
Cathedral Caves
- Categories: sea cave, tourism, tourist attraction, and landform
- Location: Clutha District, Otago, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-46.60811° or 46° 36′ 29″ south
Longitude
169.38186° or 169° 22′ 55″ east
Elevation
148 metres (486 feet)
Open location code
4V5F99RJ+QP
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cave_entrance
OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Spanish—“Cathedral Caves” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كهوف الكاتدرائية”
- Basque: “Cathedral leizeak”
- Catalan: “Cathedral Caves”
- Cebuano: “Cathedral Caves”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كهوف الكاتدرائيه”
- German: “Cathedral Caves”
- Polish: “Cathedral Caves”
- Spanish: “Cuevas Cathedral”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Tautuku and Chaslands.
Nearby Places
Places to explore: Cathedral Caves and Cathedral Caves Carpark.
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