Wharauroa

Wharauroa is a peak in Auckland Region, North Island and has an elevation of 651 metres. Wharauroa is situated nearby to the locality Te Tahi, as well as near Harapepe.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Pirongia.

Pirongia

Peak

Photo: Phillip Capper, CC BY 2.0.

Mount Pirongia is an extinct stratovolcano located in the Waikato region of New Zealand's North Island. It rises to 959 m and is the highest peak around the Waikato plains.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pirongia and Puketotara.

Pirongia' is a little village about 30 minutes drive south of Hamilton, in southern Waikato, in the North Island of New Zealand. It is located at the base of Mount Pirongia. There is a little info centre in town that will give you hiking info and where to go.

Puketotara

Locality

Puketotara is a rural community in the Ōtorohanga District and Waikato region of New Zealand's North Island. The New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage gives a translation of "totara hill" for Puketōtara. Puketotara is situated 8 km southeast of Wharauroa.

Te Rore

Locality

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Te Rore was in the 1850s an important transhipment point on New Zealand's Waipā River, between the agriculture of the Waikato basin and its Auckland market. Te Rore is situated 8 km northeast of Wharauroa.

Wharauroa

Type: Peak with an elevation of 651 metres
Description: hill in New Zealand
Categories: hill and landform
Location: Auckland Region, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude

-37.99045° or 37° 59′ 26″ south

Longitude

175.12274° or 175° 7′ 22″ east

Elevation

651 metres (2,136 feet)

Open location code

4VJQ245F+R3

OpenStreetMap ID

node 9742674905

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=peak

GeoNames ID

6240747

Wikidata ID

Q31465443

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Dutch—“Wharauroa” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Wharauroa”
Dutch: “Wharauroa”

Localities in the Area

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