Thorndon
Thorndon is a historic inner suburb of Wellington, the capital city of New Zealand. Because the suburb is relatively level compared to the hilly terrain elsewhere in Wellington it contained Wellington's elite residential area until it changed in the 1960s…
- Type: Suburb with 4,440 residents
- Description: suburb of Wellington, New Zealand
- Also known as: “Thorndon, New Zealand”
Places of Interest
Highlights: The Beehive and Sky Stadium.
Sky Stadium
Stadium
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pipitea and Wellington Central.
Pipitea
Suburb
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.Wellington Central
Suburb
Photo: Frozen-Coke-Rocks, Public domain.
Thorndon
- Category: locality
- Location: Wellington, Greater Wellington, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-41.27454° or 41° 16′ 28″ south
Longitude
174.77563° or 174° 46′ 32″ east
Population
4,440
Elevation
28 metres (92 feet)
Named after
Open location code
4VCPPQGG+57
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Urdu—“Thorndon” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “桑登”
- French: “Thorndon”
- Italian: “Thorndon”
- Japanese: “ソーンドン”
- Slovenian: “Thorndon”
- Swedish: “Thorndon”
- Turkish: “Thorndon”
- Urdu: “تھورنڈن، نیوزی لینڈ”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Customhouse Quay and Paekākā.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Te Aho o Te Kura Pounamu and St Mary’s College, Wellington.
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