Moeraki Beach

Moeraki Beach is a beach in Otago, South Island. Moeraki Beach 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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Moeraki and Hampden.

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.

Hampden

Village

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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 2½ km north of Moeraki Beach.

Kātiki

Locality

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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 5 km south of Moeraki Beach.

Moeraki Beach

Type: Beach
Description: beach in New Zealand
Category: landform
Location: Otago, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude

-45.34973° or 45° 20′ 59″ south

Longitude

170.82861° or 170° 49′ 43″ east

Elevation

37 metres (121 feet)

Open location code

4V6GMR2H+4C

OpenStreetMap ID

node 11687237316

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=beach

GeoNames ID

6215133

Wikidata ID

Q32279929

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

“Moeraki Beach” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Moeraki Beach”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Hillgrove and Kaika.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Moeraki Boulders Lookout and Oxidation ponds.

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