Ajax Battery

Ajax Battery is a building in Nelson, Nelson Bays. Ajax Battery is situated nearby to the hamlet Blacks Point, as well as near the locality Crushington.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Blacks Point Museum and Reefton School of Mines.

Blacks Point Museum

Museum

Photo: Mike Dickison, CC BY 4.0.

Blacks Point Museum is a museum in Blacks Point, near Reefton on the West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand. Blacks Point Museum is situated 1½ km southwest of Ajax Battery.

The School of Mines in Reefton, New Zealand was one of a number of mining schools set up to teach the science of mining during the 19th century gold rush. Like the Thames School of Mines it is a Heritage New Zealand Category 1 listed historic building. Reefton School of Mines is situated 1½ km west of Ajax Battery.

Reefton Courthouse

Historic building

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Reefton Courthouse is a historic building, which is situated 2 km west of Ajax Battery.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Blacks Point and Reefton.

Blacks Point

Hamlet

Blacks Point is a locality near Reefton on the West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand. Blacks Point is located south-west of Reefton on State Highway 7 adjacent to the Inangahua River.

Reefton

Photo: Mattinbgn, CC BY 3.0.

Reefton is a small inland town beside the Inangahua River in the West Coast region of New Zealand. With a population of 1,000, it is the 4th biggest town on the West Coast.

Crushington

Locality

Crushington is a town beside the Inangahua River in the West Coast region of New Zealand. The settlement is located three kilometres inland from Reefton, on the Lewis Pass road between the West Coast and north Canterbury.

Ajax Battery

Type: Building
Location: Nelson, Nelson Bays, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude

-42.11828° or 42° 7′ 6″ south

Longitude

171.89015° or 171° 53′ 25″ east

Elevation

492 metres (1,614 feet)

Open location code

4V9HVVJR+M3

GeoNames ID

6217689

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Localities in the Area

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