Moeraki Boulders
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Beast from the Bush, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: William M. Connolley, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Rock
- Description: large spherical boulders on Otago coast, New Zealand
- Also known as: “Kaihinaki”, “Moeraki Boulders / Kaihinaki”, and “Moeraki Boulders/Kaihinaki”
- Wheelchair access: no
Photo: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.
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 2½ km southeast of Moeraki Boulders.
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 6 km south of Moeraki Boulders.
Moeraki Boulders
- Categories: landform, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Otago, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-45.34517° or 45° 20′ 43″ southLongitude
170.82625° or 170° 49′ 35″ eastElevation
37 metres (121 feet)Open location code
4V6GMR3G+WFOpenStreetMap ID
node 322013741OpenStreetMap feature
natural=rockOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=no
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Moeraki Boulders” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جلاميد موراكي”
- Catalan: “Moeraki Boulders”
- Cebuano: “Moeraki Boulders/Kaihinaki”
- Dutch: “Moeraki Boulders”
- French: “Moeraki Boulders”
- German: “Moeraki Boulders”
- Hungarian: “Moeraki sziklák”
- Hungarian: “Moeraki-sziklák”
- Indonesian: “Bongkahan batu Moeraki”
- Maori: “Te Kaihīnaki”
- Persian: “تخته سنگهای موراکی”
- Polish: “Głazy Moeraki”
- Portuguese: “Seixos gigantes de Moereki”
- Russian: “валуны Моераки”
- Russian: “Валуны Моераки”
- Slovenian: “Balvan Moeraki”
- Spanish: “piedras redondas”
- Spanish: “Piedras redondas”
- Ukrainian: “валуни Моеракі”
- Ukrainian: “Валуни Моеракі”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Hillgrove and Kaika.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Moeraki Boulders Lookout and Moeraki 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 “Moeraki Boulders”. Photo: Beast from the Bush, CC BY-SA 3.0.