Kuriiti Creek
Kuriiti Creek is a stream in Otago, South Island. Kuriiti Creek is situated nearby to the village Hampden, as well as near the locality Hillgrove.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Moeraki Boulders.
Moeraki Boulders
Photo: Beast from the Bush, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Moeraki Boulders are unusually large spherical boulders lying along a stretch of Koekohe Beach on the wave-cut Otago coast of New Zealand between Moeraki and Hampden. Moeraki Boulders is situated 3½ km east of Kuriiti Creek.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hampden and Moeraki.
Hampden
Village
Hampden, a small town in North Otago, New Zealand, lies close to the North Otago coast, 35 kilometres south of Oamaru and 80 kilometres north of the city of Dunedin, to both of which it is connected by State Highway 1. Hampden is situated 3½ km northeast of Kuriiti Creek.
Moeraki
Village
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Moeraki is a small fishing village on the east coast of the South Island of New Zealand. It was once the location of a whaling station. In the 1870s, local interests believed it could become the main port for the north Otago area and a railway line, the Moeraki Branch, was built to the settlement and opened in 1877. Moeraki is situated 6 km southeast of Kuriiti Creek.
Kātiki
Locality
Kātiki is a small settlement in North Otago, New Zealand. It lies between the townships of Palmerston and Hampden on State Highway 1 at the northern end of Kātiki Beach, close to the Moeraki Peninsula. Kātiki is situated 8 km southeast of Kuriiti Creek.
Kuriiti Creek
- Type: Stream
- Category: body of water
- Location: Otago, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-45.33837° or 45° 20′ 18″ southLongitude
170.78009° or 170° 46′ 48″ eastElevation
163 metres (535 feet)Open location code
4V6GMQ6J+M2GeoNames ID
6215090
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Satellite Map
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Hillgrove and Moeraki.
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