The Big Rock
The Big Rock is in Otago, South Island. The Big Rock 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.
Middlemarch Museum
Museum
Photo: Benchill, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Middlemarch Museum is situated 2½ km east of The Big Rock.
Middlemarch railway station
Railway station
Middlemarch railway station is situated 3 km east of The Big Rock.
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. Middlemarch is situated 3 km east of The Big Rock.
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 3 km northeast of The Big Rock.
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 7 km southeast of The Big Rock.
The Big Rock
- Type: Rock
- Description: rock in northern Dunedin City, Otago Region, New Zealand
- Categories: rock and landform
- Location: Otago, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-45.50432° or 45° 30′ 16″ southLongitude
170.08572° or 170° 5′ 9″ eastElevation
272 metres (892 feet)Open location code
4V6GF3WP+77OpenStreetMap ID
node 9140848189OpenStreetMap feature
natural=rockGeoNames ID
6210034Wikidata ID
Q125703176
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