Kātiki Point
Kātiki Point is a cape in Otago, South Island. Kātiki 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.
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 Kātiki and Moeraki.
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.
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.
Shag Point
Hamlet
Shag Point / Matakaea is a headland and township in East Otago, New Zealand. Both the point and the nearby Shag River take their English name from a seabird, the pied shag.
Kātiki Point
- Type: Cape
- Description: point in New Zealand
- Categories: point and landform
- Location: Otago, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-45.39754° or 45° 23′ 51″ southLongitude
170.86832° or 170° 52′ 6″ eastElevation
49 metres (161 feet)Open location code
4V6GJV29+X8OpenStreetMap ID
node 6585846540OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cape
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In Other Languages
“Kātiki Point” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Katiki Point”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Kaika and Hillgrove.
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Highlights include Penguin Lookout and Penguin Lookout.
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