Waikato River
Waikato River is a stream in Auckland Region, North Island. Waikato River is situated nearby to the village Karapiro, as well as near the locality French Pass.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Band Rotunda and Karāpiro Power Station.
Band Rotunda
Heritage site
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Band Rotunda is a heritage site, which is situated 3½ km west of Waikato River.
Karāpiro Power Station
Dam
Photo: Air55, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Karāpiro Power Station is a hydroelectric power station at Lake Karapiro in the North Island of New Zealand. It is the last of the eight hydroelectric power stations on the Waikato River.
Fergusson Bridge
Bridge
Fergusson Bridge is a pre-cast, prestressed concrete bridge in Cambridge, New Zealand, spanning the Waikato River. It cost £41,000, was designed by North, Swarbrick, Mills & Westwood and opened in 1964. Fergusson Bridge is situated 4 km west of Waikato River.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Karapiro and French Pass.
Karapiro
Village
Karapiro is a settlement and rural area in the Waipā District and Waikato region of New Zealand's North Island. It includes both the artificially created Lake Karapiro and the accompanying Karāpiro Power Station.
French Pass
Locality
French Pass is a small settlement just east of Cambridge in the Waikato Region of New Zealand. The settlement is named after the road pass from Cambridge through to Whitehall. There was a road through the pass by 1887.
Cambridge
Photo: Brian Gratwicke, CC BY 2.0.
Cambridge is a tree-lined town with a very English feel, known as the Town of Trees. It is in the Waikato region of New Zealand, 24 km from the city of Hamilton.
Waikato River
- Type: Stream
- Category: body of water
- Location: Auckland Region, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-37.90822° or 37° 54′ 30″ southLongitude
175.5202° or 175° 31′ 13″ eastElevation
76 metres (249 feet)Open location code
4VJQ3GRC+P3GeoNames ID
6235850
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