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.

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

Photo: Hayden5650, Public domain.

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

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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″ south

Longitude

170.86433° or 170° 51′ 52″ east

Elevation

38 metres (125 feet)

Open location code

4V6GJVF7+PP

OpenStreetMap ID

node 11661794073

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=cape

GeoNames ID

6215148

Wikidata ID

Q32273355

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Satellite Map

Discover Matiaha Head from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

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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