Birch Hill
Birch Hill is a locality in Canterbury, South Island and has an elevation of 1,084 metres. Birch Hill is situated nearby to the locality Hooker Corner.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mount Cook Airport.
Mount Cook Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: Follash, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mount Cook Aerodrome is an airport near Mount Cook Village, New Zealand. Mount Cook Tourist Company built a small airfield at Birch Hill Flat, which opened on 3 May 1936. Mount Cook Airport is situated 4 km northeast of Birch Hill.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Aoraki / Mount Cook and Mount Cook National Park.
Aoraki / Mount Cook
Village
Photo: Pseudopanax, CC BY 3.0.
Mount Cook Village, officially Aoraki / Mount Cook, is located within New Zealand's Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park at the end of State Highway 80, only 15 kilometres south of the summit of the country's highest mountain, also called Aoraki / Mount Cook, in the Southern Alps. Aoraki / Mount Cook is situated 7 km north of Birch Hill.
Mount Cook National Park
Photo: Petero9, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park is a national park dominated by New Zealand's two highest mountains, Aoraki / Mount Cook and Mount Tasman. Several other high peaks of the South Island's Southern Alps are nearby.
Birch Hill
- Type: Locality
- Description: locality in Mackenzie District, Canterbury Region, New Zealand
- Location: Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-43.79723° or 43° 47′ 50″ southLongitude
170.11387° or 170° 6′ 50″ eastElevation
1,084 metres (3,556 feet)Open location code
4V8G6437+4GOpenStreetMap ID
node 7746301781OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Maori to Turkish—“Birch Hill” goes by many names.
- Maori: “Birch Hill”
- Turkish: “Birch Hill”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Hooker Corner and Coxs Downs.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include John Lloyds Grave and Mount Hodgkinson.
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