Wainuiomata River

The Wainuiomata River runs southwest through the Wainuiomata Valley located in the southern Remutaka Range in the North Island, New Zealand.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Lake Kohangatera and Lake Kohangapiripiri.

Lake Kohangatera

Lake

Photo: Rudolph89, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Lake Kohangatera is one of two lakes in Fitzroy Bay. It has an open water area of 17 hectares and is fed by Gollans Stream, which has its headwaters on Mount Lowry, 14 km to the north.

Lake Kohangapiripiri is one of the two freshwater Pencarrow lakes in Fitzroy Bay – the other being the slightly larger Lake Kohangatera. It stands to the east of Pencarrow Head, on the eastern side of New Zealand's Wellington Harbour, in East Harbour Regional Park, and is fed by Cameron Stream which rises on private land to its north. Lake Kohangapiripiri is situated 3 km west of Wainuiomata River.

Pencarrow Lighthouse

Lighthouse

Photo: Aidan Wojtas, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Pencarrow Lighthouse, also known as Pencarrow Head Lighthouse, is a decommissioned lighthouse at Pencarrow Head in the Wellington region of the North Island of New Zealand. Pencarrow Lighthouse is situated 3½ km west of Wainuiomata River.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Breaker Bay and Seatoun.

Breaker Bay

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Breaker Bay is a suburb on the south east coast of Wellington City in New Zealand, on the Miramar Peninsula. The suburb contains a 600 m wide bay with the same name. Breaker Bay is situated 6 km northwest of Wainuiomata River.

Seatoun

Suburb

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Seatoun is an eastern suburb of Wellington, the capital city of New Zealand and lies on the east coast of the Miramar Peninsula, close to the entrance to Wellington Harbour. Seatoun is situated 7 km northwest of Wainuiomata River.

Moa Point

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Photo: Andrew Harvey, CC BY 3.0.

Moa Point is a small suburb in Wellington, New Zealand, situated on the south coast between Lyall Bay to the west and Tarakena Bay to the east. As of 2015 there were 21 households in the suburb. Moa Point is situated 7 km northwest of Wainuiomata River.

Wainuiomata River

Type: Stream
Category: body of water
Location: Greater Wellington, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude

-41.36828° or 41° 22′ 6″ south

Longitude

174.89019° or 174° 53′ 25″ east

Elevation

158 metres (518 feet)

Open location code

4VCPJVJR+M3

GeoNames ID

6244743

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