Baghdad Creek

Baghdad Creek is a stream in Otago, South Island. Baghdad Creek is situated nearby to the locality Hillgrove, as well as near the village Hampden.

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 3 km east of Baghdad 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 Baghdad Creek.

Moeraki

Village

Photo: jokertrekker, CC BY 3.0.

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 5 km east of Baghdad 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 7 km southeast of Baghdad Creek.

Baghdad Creek

Type: Stream
Category: body of water
Location: Otago, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude

-45.34837° or 45° 20′ 54″ south

Longitude

170.79009° or 170° 47′ 24″ east

Elevation

122 metres (400 feet)

Open location code

4V6GMQ2R+M2

GeoNames ID

6215091

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Satellite Map

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

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