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.| 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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Moeraki and Hampden.
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.
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 2½ km north of Moeraki Beach.
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 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″ southLongitude
170.82861° or 170° 49′ 43″ eastElevation
37 metres (121 feet)Open location code
4V6GMR2H+4COpenStreetMap ID
node 11687237316OpenStreetMap feature
natural=beach
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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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