Avon Heathcote Estuary
The Estuary of the Heathcote and Avon Rivers / Ihutai is the largest semi-enclosed shallow estuary in Canterbury and remains one of New Zealand's most important coastal wetlands.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Podzemnik, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Bay
- Description: estuary in Christchurch, New Zealand
- Also known as: “Estuary of the Heathcote and Avon Rivers”, “Estuary of the Heathcote and Avon Rivers / Ihutai”, “Estuary of the Heathcote and Avon Rivers/Ihutai”, “Heathcote and Avon Estuary”, “Ihutai”, “Te Ihutai”, and “Te Wahapū”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Southshore Spit Reserve and Ferrymead Heritage Park.
Southshore Spit Reserve
Nature reserve
Photo: Podzemnik, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Southshore Spit Reserve is a nature reserve.
Ferrymead Heritage Park
Theme park
Photo: Pseudopanax, Public domain.
Ferrymead Heritage Park is an outdoor museum in Christchurch, New Zealand. First known as the Museum of Science and Technology and later Ferrymead Historic Park, it was founded in 1964 by a collection of local heritage enthusiast groups who had a common need for space to store and display their assets.
Ferrymead Regional Park
Nature reserve
Photo: Kevin Prince, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ferrymead Regional Park is a regional park in Christchurch, New Zealand, near the mouth of the Ōpāwaho / Heathcote River. The park is adjacent to Ferrymead Heritage Park, and the Ferrymead Railway runs through the eastern section of the park.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Southshore and Redcliffs.
Southshore
Quarter
Southshore is an eastern coastal suburb within Christchurch, New Zealand. It is located on a narrow 2.5 km long sandspit that runs along the eastern side of the Avon Heathcote Estuary and west of the Pacific Ocean.
St Andrews Hill
Suburb
St Andrews Hill is a hillside suburb in south-east Christchurch, New Zealand.
Avon Heathcote Estuary
- Categories: estuary and body of water
- Location: Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-43.5478° or 43° 32′ 52″ southLongitude
172.72859° or 172° 43′ 43″ eastElevation
3 metres (10 feet)Open location code
4V8JFP2H+VCOpenStreetMap ID
node 10554088352OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bay
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Norwegian Nynorsk—“Avon Heathcote Estuary” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Estuary of the Heathcote and Avon Rivers/Ihutai”
- Cebuano: “Heathcote and Avon Estuary”
- Dutch: “Avon Heathcote Estuary”
- French: “Avon Heathcote Estuary”
- German: “Avon Heathcote Estuary”
- German: “Estuary of the Heathcote and Avon Rivers/Ihutai”
- Japanese: “エイヴォン・ヒースコート河口”
- Maori: “Ihutai”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Avon Heathcote-estuaret”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Balmoral Hill and Mount Pleasant.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Geoffrey de Their Island and Te Raekura Redcliffs School.
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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 “Avon Heathcote Estuary”. Photo: Podzemnik, CC BY-SA 4.0.