Dunphail Bluffs
Dunphail Bluffs is a cliff in Auckland Region, North Island and has an elevation of 149 metres. Dunphail Bluffs is situated nearby to the locality Te Akatea, as well as near the hamlet Glen Massey.Places of Interest
Highlights include Rotowaro Carbonisation Plant.
Rotowaro Carbonisation Plant
Photo: Impavidus87, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Rotowaro Carbonisation Plant, also known as the Waikato Carbonisation Plant, was a coal processing plant in the Rotowaro/Huntly area, New Zealand. It was also the first plant to use the Lurgi process in the Southern Hemisphere. Rotowaro Carbonisation Plant is situated 4 km north of Dunphail Bluffs.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Glen Massey and Glen Afton.
Glen Massey
Hamlet
Photo: Johnragla, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Glen Massey is a former mining village, 9.5 km west of Ngāruawāhia, which was, until 1958, terminus of the Glen Massey Line. It then went into decline, but is now becoming a home for Hamilton commuters. Glen Massey is situated 4 km south of Dunphail Bluffs.
Glen Afton
Hamlet
Glen Afton and Pukemiro are twin settlements in the Waikato District, in northern Waikato region of New Zealand's North Island. The nearest town is Huntly, some 14 km away. Glen Afton is situated 5 km northwest of Dunphail Bluffs.
Rotowaro
Locality
Photo: Impavidus87, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Rotowaro was once a small coal mining township approximately 10 km west of Huntly in the Waikato region of New Zealand. The town was built especially for miners houses, but was entirely removed in the 1980s to make way for a large opencast mine. Rotowaro is situated 6 km north of Dunphail Bluffs.
Dunphail Bluffs
- Type: Cliff with an elevation of 149 metres
- Category: landform
- Location: Auckland Region, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-37.63821° or 37° 38′ 18″ southLongitude
175.0802° or 175° 4′ 49″ eastElevation
149 metres (489 feet)Open location code
4VJQ936J+P3GeoNames ID
6247823
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