Motuoapa
Motuoapa is a rural settlement northeast of Tūrangi, on the southeast side of New Zealand's Lake Taupō. State Highway 1 runs through it. Motuoapa Peninsula, a volcano, rises to the northwest, with a trig point at 497 metres, and Motuoapa Bay is directly to the north.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 390 residents
- Description: town in New Zealand
- Also known as: “Motu O Apa” and “Motuopa”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Turangi and Motutere.
Turangi
Photo: Brian New Zealand, CC BY 2.5.
Turangi is a town of 3,840 at the south end of Lake Taupo, in the Central North Island of New Zealand.
Motutere
Hamlet
Motutere is a small township on the southeastern shore of Lake Taupō in New Zealand's Waikato region. It lies on Motutere Bay, close to the popular diving location, Te Poporo / Bulli Point, and approximately halfway between Taupō and Tūrangi, to both of which it is connected by SH1. Motutere is situated 9 km northeast of Motuoapa.
Tokaanu
Hamlet
Tokaanu is a small settlement close to Tūrangi at the southern end of Lake Taupō. The Tokaanu Thermal Pools and the easy access to Lake Taupō make it a popular lakeside holiday destination. Tokaanu is situated 10 km west of Motuoapa.
Motuoapa
- Categories: town and locality
- Location: Taupō District, Waikato, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-38.93286° or 38° 55′ 58″ southLongitude
175.8735° or 175° 52′ 25″ eastPopulation
390Elevation
366 metres (1,201 feet)Open location code
4VHQ3V8F+V9OpenStreetMap ID
node 1511336055OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
7497850Wikidata ID
Q19859967
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Turkish—“Motuoapa” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Motuoapa”
- Maori: “Motu O Apa”
- Maori: “Motuoapa”
- Turkish: “Motuoapa”
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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 “Motuoapa”. Photo: tara hunt, CC BY-SA 2.0.