Goose Bay
Goose Bay is a locality in Canterbury, South Island. Goose Bay is situated nearby to the locality Oaro.Places of Interest
Highlights include Tāhunatōrea.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Goose Bay and Oaro.
Goose Bay
Hamlet
Photo: Mike Dickison, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Oaro
Hamlet
Oaro is a settlement close to the Pacific Ocean Coast of north Canterbury, in the South Island of New Zealand. Oaro is within Kaikōura District on State Highway 1 and on the South Island Main Trunk railway, 20 kilometres south of Kaikōura. Oaro is situated 5 km south of Goose Bay.
Peketa
Hamlet
Photo: Alfie66, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Peketa is a hamlet, which is situated 7 km northeast of Goose Bay.
Goose Bay
- Type: Locality
- Location: Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-42.4683° or 42° 28′ 6″ southLongitude
173.52015° or 173° 31′ 13″ eastElevation
290 metres (951 feet)Open location code
4V9MGGJC+M3GeoNames ID
6222636
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