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 Maritime Museum is a museum in the southern South Island of New Zealand.
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
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″ southLongitude
170.64491° or 170° 38′ 42″ eastOpen location code
4V6G6J3V+3XOpenStreetMap ID
node 11661743256OpenStreetMap feature
natural=capeGeoNames ID
6212416Wikidata 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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