Blackhead
Blackhead is a locality in Otago, South Island. Blackhead is situated nearby to the suburb Green Island, as well as near Concord.Places of Interest
Highlights include Tunnel Beach and Cargill’s Castle.
Tunnel Beach
Beach
Photo: ChristchurchHistorian, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tunnel Beach is a locality 7.5 kilometres southwest of the city centre of Dunedin, New Zealand. Located just south of St Clair, Tunnel Beach has sea-carved sandstone cliffs, rock arches and caves.
Cargill’s Castle
Ruins
Photo: Grutness, Public domain.
The ruins of Cargill's Castle stand on a promontory overlooking the Pacific Ocean in New Zealand's southern city of Dunedin. It is one of about ten castles in New Zealand, the other one in Otago being nearby Larnach Castle. Cargill’s Castle is situated 3 km east of Blackhead.
Sunnyvale Park
Recreation area
Sunnyvale Park is a multi-use sports venue in Dunedin, New Zealand. It is located immediately to the west of Abbotsford in Sunnyvale, near Green Island, and is bounded by Main South Road, Dunedin Southern Motorway and Abbot's Creek, a tributary of the Kaikorai Stream. Sunnyvale Park is situated 3 km northwest of Blackhead.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Green Island and Concord.
Green Island
Suburb
Photo: Egmason, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Green Island is a suburb of Dunedin, New Zealand. Not an actual island, this former borough takes its name from the Green Island bush, uncleared native forest extending from the valley where the community is centred over the hills towards the coast.
Concord
Suburb
Concord is a small residential suburb of the New Zealand city of Dunedin. It is southwest of the city centre. It lay on State Highway 1 until the construction of the Dunedin Southern Motorway in the 1990s, but is now bypassed by traffic from central Dunedin.
Corstorphine
Suburb
Corstorphine is a suburb of southwest Dunedin in the South Island of New Zealand. It is located on the slopes of Calton Hill - a spur of Forbury Hill - between Caversham Valley and the Pacific Ocean. Corstorphine is situated 2½ km northeast of Blackhead.
Blackhead
- Type: Locality
- Description: locality in Dunedin City, Otago Region, New Zealand
- Location: Otago, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-45.92145° or 45° 55′ 17″ southLongitude
170.44264° or 170° 26′ 34″ eastElevation
139 metres (456 feet)Open location code
4V6G3CHV+C3OpenStreetMap ID
node 10859868552OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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- Turkish: “Blackhead”
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