Matiaha Head
Matiaha Head is a cape in Otago, South Island. Matiaha Head 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.
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.
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.
Matiaha Head
- Type: Cape
- Description: point in New Zealand
- Categories: point and landform
- Location: Otago, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-45.37564° or 45° 22′ 32″ southLongitude
170.86433° or 170° 51′ 52″ eastElevation
38 metres (125 feet)Open location code
4V6GJVF7+PPOpenStreetMap ID
node 11661794073OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cape
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Maori—“Matiaha Head” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Matiaha Head”
- Maori: “Te Upoko-o-Paitu”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Kaika and Hillgrove.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Tūtakahikura and Moeraki.
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