Peketa
Peketa is a hamlet in Canterbury, South Island. Peketa is situated nearby to the quarter Ocean Ridge.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Alfie66, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: locality in Kaikoura District, Canterbury Region, New Zealand
- Also known as: “Puketa”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Lake Rotorua.
Lake Rotorua
Lake Rotorua is 8 kilometres due west of Kaikōura in the Canterbury region of the South Island of New Zealand. A 2010 report showed that Lake Rotorua had the second highest trophic level index, an indication of pollutant levels, of all the lakes that were measured. Lake Rotorua is situated 2½ km north of Peketa.Places in the Area
Nearby places include South Bay and Goose Bay.
South Bay
Quarter
Photo: Marshelec, CC BY-SA 3.0.
South Bay is a quarter, which is situated 8 km east of Peketa.
Goose Bay
Hamlet
Goose Bay is a small locality in New Zealand, located 15 kilometres southwest of Kaikōura. It is beside a bay that is also named Goose Bay. It was named in the mid-nineteenth century, either after geese that got away from a nearby whaling station or from a Kāinga that was ruined by Te Rauparaha. Goose Bay is situated 8 km southwest of Peketa.
Kaikoura
Photo: Inkey, Public domain.
Kaikoura is a small coastal town on the east coast of the South Island of New Zealand, about 180 km north of Christchurch and 130 km south of Blenheim.
Peketa
- Category: locality
- Location: Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-42.42814° or 42° 25′ 41″ southLongitude
173.59189° or 173° 35′ 31″ eastElevation
55 metres (180 feet)Open location code
4V9MHHCR+PQOpenStreetMap ID
node 4519826009OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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Satellite Map
Discover Peketa from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Maori to Turkish—“Peketa” goes by many names.
- Maori: “Peketa”
- Turkish: “Peketa”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Ocean Ridge and Te Ahi-Kai-Kōura-a-Tama-ki-Te-Raki.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Air Kaikoura Whale Flights and Kahutara River Bridge.
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