Tikoraki Point
Tikoraki Point is a cape in Otago, South Island. Tikoraki Point 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.
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 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.
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.
Tikoraki Point
- Type: Cape
- Description: point in New Zealand
- Categories: point and landform
- Location: Otago, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-45.36715° or 45° 22′ 2″ southLongitude
170.86516° or 170° 51′ 55″ eastElevation
46 metres (151 feet)Open location code
4V6GJVM8+43OpenStreetMap ID
node 11661794075OpenStreetMap feature
natural=capeGeoNames ID
6215145Wikidata ID
Q125466454
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In Other Languages
“Tikoraki Point” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Tikoraki Point”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Kaika and Hillgrove.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Kawa and Moeraki.
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