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.Photo: Avenue, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Email: ccaves@unifone.net.nz
- Type: Cave
- Description: sea cave in New Zealand
Photo: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Papatowai.
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 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
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-46.60811° or 46° 36′ 29″ southLongitude
169.38186° or 169° 22′ 55″ eastElevation
148 metres (486 feet)Open location code
4V5F99RJ+QPOpenStreetMap ID
node 268730372OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cave_entranceOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionGeoNames ID
6208807Wikidata ID
Q1050864
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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: “Cathedral Caves”
- Spanish: “Cuevas Cathedral”
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