Akaroa

Akaroa is a charming harbourside town on the eastern side of Akaroa harbour, in southern in the region of . Its early settlers were French and British.
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  • Village with about 760 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 10 metres (30 feet)
  • …was formerly known as “Port Louis-Philippe”
  • Description: town on Banks Peninsula, New Zealand
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Akaroa Lighthouse and The Giant’s House.
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Lighthouse
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Church
St Peter's Anglican Church is a heritage-listed…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Takamatua and Robinsons Bay.
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Hamlet
, formerly known as German Bay, is a small…
Hamlet
is a settlement and bay in on , New Zealand. is situated 4 km north of Akaroa.

Akaroa

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Latitude
-43.8043° or 43° 48′ 16″ south
Longitude
172.9678° or 172° 58′ 4″ east
UN/LOCODE
NZ AKA
Open location code
4V8J5XW9+74
Open­Street­Map ID
node 204873740
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
6222028
Wiki­data ID
Q416098

Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Uzbek—“Akaroa” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Akaroa”
  • Arabic: “أكاروا”
  • Armenian: “Ակարոա”
  • Asturian: “Akaroa”
  • Basque: “Akaroa”
  • Catalan: “Akaroa”
  • Cebuano: “Akaroa”
  • Chinese: “阿卡罗阿”
  • Dutch: “Akaroa”
  • French: “Akaroa”
  • German: “Akaroa”
  • Italian: “Akaroa”
  • Japanese: “アカロア”
  • Korean: “아카로아”
  • Lithuanian: “Akaroa”
  • Malay: “Akaroa”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Akaroa”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Akaroa”
  • Norwegian: “Akaroa”
  • Persian: “اکاروا”
  • Polish: “Akaroa”
  • Russian: “Акароа”
  • Silesian: “Akaroa”
  • Turkish: “Akaroa”
  • Ukrainian: “Акароа”
  • Urdu: “اکاروا”
  • Uzbek: “Akaroa”

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