Maukiekie Island
Maukiekie Island is an island in Otago, South Island. Maukiekie Island is situated nearby to the locality Kaika, as well as near the village Moeraki.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kātiki Point Lighthouse and Moeraki Boulders.
Kātiki Point Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Hayden5650, Public domain.
The Kātiki Point Lighthouse, also known as Moeraki Lighthouse, shone for the first time in 1878, following several accidents on the dangerous reefs around the area, to make the area safer for ships that sailed past on their way to Port Chalmers, Dunedin. Kātiki Point Lighthouse is situated 3 km south of Maukiekie Island.
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 northwest of Maukiekie Island.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Moeraki and Kātiki.
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.
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 4 km southwest of Maukiekie Island.
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 5 km northwest of Maukiekie Island.
Maukiekie Island
- Type: Island
- Category: landform
- Location: Otago, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-45.36296° or 45° 21′ 47″ southLongitude
170.86433° or 170° 51′ 52″ eastOpen location code
4V6GJVP7+RPGeoNames ID
6215144
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Localities in the Area
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