Taupō Swamp
Taupō Swamp is a lowland freshwater swamp located three kilometres north of Plimmerton and 20 kilometres north-northeast of Wellington. In 1986 the Queen Elizabeth II National Trust purchased Taupō Swamp with the aim of both protecting and restoring the wetland.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Wetland
- Description: swamp in New Zealand
- Also known as: “Taupo mire” and “Taupo Swamp”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Plimmerton railway station and Plimmerton Beach.
Plimmerton railway station
Railway station
Photo: AxonsArachnida, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Plimmerton railway station is on the North Island Main Trunk Railway in Plimmerton, Porirua, New Zealand, and is part of Wellington's Metlink suburban rail network operated by Transdev Wellington.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hongoeka and Plimmerton.
Hongoeka
Hamlet
Hongoeka is a community in the city of Porirua in New Zealand. It is northwest of Plimmerton and adjacent to Hongoeka Bay. It extends from an urupā boundary at the end of Moana Road, to Haukōpua.
Plimmerton
Suburb
Photo: Jasonlv, Public domain.
The suburb of Plimmerton lies in the northwest part of the city of Porirua in New Zealand, adjacent to some of the city's more congenial beaches. State Highway 59 and the North Island Main Trunk railway line pass just east of the main shopping and residential area.
Camborne
Suburb
Photo: AxonsArachnida, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Camborne, New Zealand is a hilltop and seaside suburb of Porirua. Camborne covers an area of 0.84 km², including a land area of 0.84 km². Most of the suburb is a short walk from Porirua Harbour, and many homes have views of the harbour, neighbouring hills, the sea and Mana Island.
Taupō Swamp
- Categories: swamp and body of water
- Location: Greater Wellington, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-41.06717° or 41° 4′ 2″ southLongitude
174.8731° or 174° 52′ 23″ eastElevation
49 metres (161 feet)Open location code
4VCPWVMF+46OpenStreetMap ID
way 200398662OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wetland
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Spanish—“Taupō Swamp” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Taupo Swamp”
- Maori: “Ara Harakeke”
- Spanish: “Pantano de Taupo”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Taupo Swamp and The Track Scientific Reserve.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Taupō Swamp”. Photo: Rudolph89, CC BY-SA 3.0.