Rock Creek
Rock Creek is a stream in Otago, South Island. Rock Creek is situated nearby to the village Middlemarch, as well as near the locality Strath Taieri.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Middlemarch Museum and Middlemarch railway station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Middlemarch and Strath Taieri.
Middlemarch
Village
Photo: Benchill, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Middlemarch is a small town in the Otago region of New Zealand's South Island. It lies at the foot of the Rock and Pillar Range of hills in the broad Strath-Taieri valley, through which flows the middle reaches of the Taieri River.
Strath Taieri
Locality
The Strath Taieri is a large glacial valley and river plateau in New Zealand's South Island. It is surrounded by the rugged hill ranges to the north and west of Otago Harbour. Strath Taieri is situated 2½ km northeast of Rock Creek.
Sutton
Hamlet
Sutton is a locality in the Strath Taieri, in the southern part of the South Island, New Zealand. It is located on SH 87 close to the point where it is met by the Taieri Gorge rail line, some 5 kilometres to the south of Middlemarch. Sutton is situated 6 km south of Rock Creek.
Rock Creek
- Type: Stream
- Category: body of water
- Location: Otago, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-45.50838° or 45° 30′ 30″ southLongitude
170.10009° or 170° 6′ 0″ eastElevation
214 metres (702 feet)Open location code
4V6GF4R2+J2GeoNames ID
6210007
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