Kaikoura

Kaikoura is a small coastal town on the east coast of the of , about 180 km north of and 130 km south of .
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  • Type: Town with 2,420 residents
  • Description: town in New Zealand
  • Also known as: Kaikōura

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mayfair Theatre and Kaikōura High School.

Movie theater
is a movie theater.

School
is a state co-educational secondary school in Kaikōura, New Zealand. The first secondary school in Kaikōura was a district high school, which opened in 1903.

Museum
Photo: Karora, Public domain.
is a museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include South Bay.

Quarter
is a quarter.

Kaikoura

Latitude
-42.4006° or 42° 24′ 2″ south
Longitude
173.6811° or 173° 40′ 52″ east
Population
2,420
Elevation
38 metres (125 feet)
IATA airport code
KBZ
United Nations Location Code
NZ KBZ
Open location code
4V9MHMXJ+QF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 205039578
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2189272
Wiki­data ID
Q25834
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Kaikoura” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: كايكورا
  • Asturian: Kaikōura
  • Catalan: Kaikoura
  • Cebuano: Kaikoura
  • Chinese: 凯库拉
  • Chinese: 凱富拉
  • Chinese: 凱庫拉
  • Czech: Kaikoura
  • Dutch: Kaikoura
  • Egyptian Arabic: كايكورا
  • Esperanto: Kaikoura
  • French: Kaikoura
  • Georgian: კაიკოურა
  • Georgian: კაიკურა
  • German: Kaikoura
  • Indonesian: Kaikoura
  • Italian: distretto di Kaikoura
  • Italian: Distretto di Kaikoura
  • Italian: Kaikoura
  • Japanese: カイコウラ
  • Khmer: cabodian
  • Korean: 카이코우라
  • Latin: Caecoura
  • Macedonian: Каикоура
  • Malay: Daerah Kaikoura
  • Maori: Kaikōura
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Kaikoura
  • Occitan (post 1500): Kaikoura
  • Polish: Kaikoura
  • Portuguese: Kaikoura
  • Russian: Каикоура
  • Scottish Gaelic: Kaikoura District
  • Slovenian: Kaikōura
  • Spanish: Kaikoura
  • Swedish: Kaikoura
  • Turkish: Kaikoura
  • Turkish: Kaikōura
  • Vietnamese: Kaikōura
  • Western Panjabi: ضلع کائیکورا

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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 Wikivoyage page “Kaikoura”. Photo: Inkey, Public domain.