Long Beach
Long Beach, known in Māori as Wharauwerawera or Wharewerawera is a small coastal settlement in Otago, New Zealand comprising approximately 100 homes. Many of the sections were initially auctioned in October 1922 for a pound deposit.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: locality in Dunedin City, Otago Region, New Zealand
- Also known as: “Long Beach, New Zealand”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Whareakeake and Orokonui Ecosanctuary.
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.
Orokonui Ecosanctuary
Tourism office
Photo: Pseudopanax, Public domain.
Orokonui Ecosanctuary, called Te Korowai o Mihiwaka in Māori, is an ecological island wildlife reserve developed by the Otago Natural History Trust in the Orokonui Valley between Waitati and Pūrākaunui, New Zealand, 20 kilometres to the north of central Dunedin. Orokonui Ecosanctuary is situated 4 km southwest of Long Beach.
Mōpānui
Peak
Photo: Giantflightlessbirds, CC BY 4.0.
Mōpānui is a peak, which is situated 3 km southwest of Long Beach.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pūrākaunui and Aramoana.
Pūrākaunui
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Pūrākaunui is a small settlement in Otago, in the South Island of New Zealand. It is located within the bounds of the city of Dunedin, in a rural coastal area some 25 km to the north of the city centre.
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. Aramoana is situated 5 km southeast of Long Beach.
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 west of Long Beach.
Long Beach
- Category: locality
- Location: Otago, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-45.75663° or 45° 45′ 24″ southLongitude
170.64457° or 170° 38′ 40″ eastElevation
2 metres (7 feet)Open location code
4V6G6JVV+8ROpenStreetMap ID
node 5201123106OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Maori to Turkish—“Long Beach” goes by many names.
- Maori: “Long Beach, Aotearoa”
- Maori: “Long Beach”
- Maori: “Warauwerawera”
- Turkish: “Long Beach”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Long Beach”. Photo: Tiimta, CC BY-SA 3.0.