Acheron Point

Acheron Point is a cape in Dunedin City, Otago. Acheron Point is situated nearby to the hamlet Deborah Bay, as well as near the quarter Careys Bay.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Port Chalmers Municipal Building and Port Chalmers Maritime Museum.

Port Chalmers Municipal Building

Town hall

Photo: Benchill, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Port Chalmers Municipal Building is a town hall.

Port Chalmers Maritime Museum

Museum

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Port Chalmers Post Office is a Renaissance revival former post office in the town of Port Chalmers. Designed by Colonial Architect William Clayton the Port Chalmers Post Office served the town for over a century before later being converted into a museum.

Holy Trinity Church

Church

Photo: Benchill, Public domain.

Holy Trinity Church is an heritage-listed Anglican church located in Port Chalmers, Otago, New Zealand. Completed in 1874, the Academic Gothic Revival church building is constructed in volcanic stone and has some fine stained glass, and is listed as a Category I Historic Place by Heritage New Zealand.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Port Chalmers and Harwood.

Port Chalmers

Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Port Chalmers is a deep water fishing and cargo port for Dunedin, one of the main ports for the South Island of New Zealand, in the Otago region. It is visited by several cruise ships each summer. In 2021, it was home to 1,500 people.

Harwood

Village

Harwood is a rural settlement on the northern side of the Otago Peninsula. It is within the boundaries of Dunedin city in New Zealand. Before 2000, most of the houses were cribs, but they have since been upgraded and become permanent residences.

Sawyers Bay

Quarter

Photo: Samuel Mann, CC BY 2.0.

Sawyers Bay is a suburb of the New Zealand city of Dunedin. It is located 1.5 kilometres to the southwest of Port Chalmers in a wide valley on the shore of Mussel Bay, 13 kilometres to the northeast of Dunedin city centre.

Acheron Point

Type: Cape
Description: point in New Zealand
Categories: point and landform
Location: Dunedin City, Otago, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude

-45.79731° or 45° 47′ 50″ south

Longitude

170.64491° or 170° 38′ 42″ east

Open location code

4V6G6J3V+3X

OpenStreetMap ID

node 11661743256

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=cape

GeoNames ID

6212416

Wikidata ID

Q32114439

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In Other Languages

“Acheron Point” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Acheron Point”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Deborah Bay and Careys Bay.

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Highlights include Hare Hill and Warren Lewis Fishing Jetty.

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