Fergusons Creek

Fergusons Creek is a stream in Otago, South Island. Fergusons Creek is situated nearby to the hamlet Upper Waitati, as well as near the locality Pigeon Flat.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Swampy Summit and Leith Saddle.

Swampy Summit

Peak

Swampy Summit is a prominent hill 12 kilometres to the north of Dunedin, New Zealand. It reaches a height of 739 metres. The hill's eastern slopes forms the western side of Leith Valley, the other side of which consists of the flank of Mount Cargill. Swampy Summit is situated 3½ km southwest of Fergusons Creek.

Leith Saddle

Mountain saddle

Leith Saddle is a saddle between the sources of the Water of Leith and the Waitati River, approximately halfway between Dunedin's northern suburb of Pine Hill and the outlying settlement of Waitati. Leith Saddle is situated 3½ km south of Fergusons Creek.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Waitati and Evansdale.

Waitati

Village

Photo: Schwede66, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Waitati, from the Māori Waitete, is a small seaside settlement in Otago, New Zealand, within the city limits of Dunedin. It is located close to the tidal mudflats of Blueskin Bay, 19 kilometres north of the Dunedin city centre. Waitati is situated 6 km east of Fergusons Creek.

Evansdale

Hamlet

Evansdale is a locality on State Highway 1, 25 km north of Dunedin, at the north west of Blueskin Bay. It also has lent its name to a cheese producer, and a census-gathering district, which has a population of 1,482 in the 2013 New Zealand census, an increase of 198 people since the 2006 census. Evansdale is situated 8 km northeast of Fergusons Creek.

Leith Valley

Locality

Photo: Grutness, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Leith Valley is a suburb, valley, and general area of the New Zealand city of Dunedin, located to the northwest of the city centre. To differentiate the name of the valley from that of the suburb, the former is usually referred to as the Leith Valley, the latter simply as Leith Valley. Leith Valley is situated 8 km south of Fergusons Creek.

Fergusons Creek

Type: Stream
Category: body of water
Location: Otago, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude

-45.76838° or 45° 46′ 6″ south

Longitude

170.5001° or 170° 30′ 0″ east

Elevation

464 metres (1,522 feet)

Open location code

4V6G6GJ2+J2

GeoNames ID

6212155

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