French Pass
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Karapiro and Cambridge.
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. Karapiro is situated 4 km south of French Pass.
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.
Fencourt
Hamlet
Fencourt is a rural locality in the Waipā District and Waikato region of New Zealand's North Island. It is located north of Cambridge The area was originally the "Fen Court Estate", and was swampy land provided to soldiers after the 1863–64 Invasion of the Waikato. Fencourt is situated 7 km northwest of French Pass.
French Pass
- Type: Locality
- Description: locality in Waipa District, Waikato Region, New Zealand
- Location: Waikato, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-37.8869° or 37° 53′ 13″ southLongitude
175.5256° or 175° 31′ 32″ eastElevation
91 metres (299 feet)Open location code
4VJQ4G7G+66OpenStreetMap ID
node 7796406371OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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In Other Languages
From Maori to Turkish—“French Pass” goes by many names.
- Maori: “French Pass”
- Turkish: “French Pass”
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