Puffer Saddle

Puffer Saddle is a mountain saddle in Upper Hutt City, Greater Wellington and has an elevation of 483 metres. Puffer Saddle is situated nearby to the hamlet Pākuratahi, as well as near Kaitoke.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Pākuratahi River.

Pākuratahi River

Stream

Photo: Pseudopanax, Public domain.

The Pākuratahi River, previously the Pakuratahi River, is a river of the Wellington Region of New Zealand's North Island. It flows northwest from its source in the Remutaka Range 15 kilometres east of Lower Hutt to join the Te Awa Kairangi / Hutt River near Kaitoke.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kaitoke and Featherston.

Kaitoke

Hamlet

Kaitoke, part of Upper Hutt City, is a locality in the southern North Island of New Zealand. It is located at the northern end of the Hutt Valley, 45 kilometres northeast of Wellington City and six kilometres from the northern end of the Upper Hutt urban area.

Featherston

Town

Photo: Deano87, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Featherston is a town in the South Wairarapa District, in the Wellington Region of New Zealand's North Island. It is at the eastern foothills of Remutaka Range close to the northern shore of Lake Wairarapa, 63 km north-east of central Wellington and 37 km south-west of Masterton. Featherston is situated 8 km southeast of Puffer Saddle.

Te Mārua

Suburb

Te Mārua is the easternmost urban suburb of Upper Hutt. For reasons of location and distance from the city, the area is often classified as rural. In December 2019, the approved official geographic name of the locality was gazetted as "Te Mārua". Te Mārua is situated 10 km west of Puffer Saddle.

Puffer Saddle

Type: Mountain saddle with an elevation of 483 metres
Description: mountain pass in the Wellington Region, New Zealand
Categories: col and landform
Location: Upper Hutt City, Greater Wellington, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude

-41.07377° or 41° 4′ 26″ south

Longitude

175.2424° or 175° 14′ 33″ east

Elevation

483 metres (1,585 feet)

Open location code

4VCQW6GR+FX

OpenStreetMap ID

node 2415523317

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=saddle

GeoNames ID

6225907

Wikidata ID

Q49149478

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In Other Languages

“Puffer Saddle” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Puffer Saddle”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Pākuratahi and Pākuratahi Forks.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Burnt Spur and Pākuratahi River Bridge.

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