Tayler Point

Tayler Point is a cape in Dunedin City, Otago. Tayler Point is situated nearby to the locality Te Ngaru, as well as near Heyward Point.

Type: Cape
Description: point in New Zealand
Also known as: “Taylor Point”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Whareakeake and Ōtākou Māori Memorial Methodist Church.

Whareakeake

Beach

Whareakeake is a beach 25 kilometres northeast of Dunedin in the South Island of New Zealand, as well as the valley above and behind the beach. Located to the west of Aramoana and included as a section of the Otago Heads, Whareakeake was a place of habitation for Māori people from early times until the Sealers' War skirmish of 1817 from which it derived its colonial name.

Ōtākou Māori Memorial Methodist Church

Church

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Harwood and Aramoana.

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.

Aramoana

Village

Photo: Benchill, Public domain.

Aramoana is a small coastal settlement 27 kilometres north of Dunedin on the South Island of New Zealand. The settlement's permanent population in the 2001 Census was 261.

Ōtākou

Village

Photo: Avenue, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Ōtākou is a settlement within the boundaries of the city of Dunedin, New Zealand. It is located 25 kilometres from the city centre at the eastern end of Otago Peninsula, close to the entrance of Otago Harbour.

Tayler Point

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

-45.78947° or 45° 47′ 22″ south

Longitude

170.6687° or 170° 40′ 7″ east

Named after

Thomas Tayler

Open location code

4V6G6M69+6F

OpenStreetMap ID

node 11661743254

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=cape

GeoNames ID

6212418

Wikidata ID

Q121097981

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

“Tayler Point” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Tayler Point”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Te Ngaru and Heyward Point.

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Highlights include Stone Hill and Hodson Hill.

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