Rawhiti Cave
Rawhiti Cave, also known as Manson Cave, is a single large limestone cave in the hillside of the Dry Creek Valley 7 kilometres southeast of Tākaka on the South Island of New Zealand.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Cave
- Description: cave in New Zealand
- Also known as: “Manson Cave” and “Rawhiti Cave / Manson Cave”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Central Tākaka School.
Central Tākaka School
School
Photo: Schwede66, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Central Tākaka School is situated 4 km west of Rawhiti Cave.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Motupipi and Clifton.
Motupipi
Hamlet
Motupipi is a settlement in the Tasman District of New Zealand's upper South Island, located at the mouth of the Motupipi River east of Tākaka. The name Motupipi translates as the island or bush with pipi shellfish, referring to the pipi which are found on the beach. Motupipi is situated 3½ km northwest of Rawhiti Cave.
Clifton
Hamlet
Photo: Schwede66, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Clifton is a hamlet, which is situated 5 km north of Rawhiti Cave.
East Tākaka
Locality
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East Tākaka is a settlement in the Tasman District of New Zealand. It is located in Golden Bay, 8 kilometres south of Tākaka. Located in the Tākaka valley, East Tākaka sits on the eastern side of the Tākaka River. East Tākaka is situated 5 km southwest of Rawhiti Cave.
Rawhiti Cave
- Categories: show cave and landform
- Location: Nelson, Nelson Bays, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-40.88531° or 40° 53′ 7″ southLongitude
172.8665° or 172° 51′ 59″ eastElevation
239 metres (784 feet)Open location code
4VFJ4V78+VHOpenStreetMap ID
node 10310102068OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cave_entrance
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Egyptian Arabic—“Rawhiti Cave” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Manson Cave”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كهف روهيتى”
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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 “Rawhiti Cave”. Photo: Pseudopanax, Public domain.