Canterbury Bight
The Canterbury Bight is a large bight on the eastern side of New Zealand's South Island. The bight runs for approximately 135 kilometres from the southern end of Banks Peninsula to the settlement of Timaru and faces southeast, exposing it to high-energy storm waves originating in the Pacific Ocean.Canterbury Bight
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- Description: large bight on the eastern side of New Zealand’s South Island
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Latitude
-43.99834° or 43° 59′ 54″ south
Longitude
172.03011° or 172° 1′ 48″ east
Open location code
4V8J222J+M2
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Polish—“Canterbury Bight” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Canterbury Bight”
- Cebuano: “Canterbury Bight”
- Czech: “Cantebury”
- Czech: “záliv Cantebury”
- Hebrew: “מפרץ קנטרברי”
- Hebrew: “קנטרברי בייט, ניו זילנד”
- Japanese: “カンタベリー湾”
- Polish: “Canterbury Bight”
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