New Zealand
North Island
Greater Wellington

Pūtangirua Pinnacles

The Pūtangirua Pinnacles are a geological formation and one of New Zealand's best examples of badlands erosion. They consist of a large number of earth pillars or located at the head of a valley in the , on the North Island of New Zealand, in the Wellington region.
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Photo: Pseudopanax, Public domain.
  • Type: Rock
  • Description: rock formation in New Zealand
  • Also known as: “Putangirua Pinnacles” and “The Pinnacles”

Pūtangirua Pinnacles

Latitude
-41.4468° or 41° 26′ 49″ south
Longitude
175.24664° or 175° 14′ 48″ east
Elevation
135 metres (443 feet)
Open location code
4VCQH63W+7M
Open­Street­Map ID
way 331959003
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­bare_rock
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
6226416
Wiki­data ID
Q7262177
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Vietnamese—“Pūtangirua Pinnacles” goes by many names.

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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 “Pūtangirua Pinnacles”. Photo: Pseudopanax, Public domain.