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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  • Town with about 2,210 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 40 metres (120 feet)
  • …has the IATA airport code KBZ
  • Description: town in New Zealand

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mayfair Theatre and Takahanga Marae.
Movie theater
The Mayfair Arts & Culture Centre Te Whare Toi…
Archaeological site
is a of the Ngāti Kuri hapū…
is a limestone cave open to tourists on State Highway 1, 2 km south of Kaikōura.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include South Bay.
is a quarter.
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Latitude
-42.4006° or 42° 24′ 2″ south
Longitude
173.6811° or 173° 40′ 52″ east
UN/LOCODE
NZ KBZ
Open location code
4V9MHMXJ+QF
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
Wiki­data ID

Satellite Map

Discover this place from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

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: “Kaikōura”
  • Indonesian: “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 Bokmål: “Kaikoura”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kaikoura”
  • Norwegian: “Kaikoura”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Kaikoura”
  • Polish: “Kaikoura”
  • Portuguese: “Kaikoura”
  • Russian: “Каикоура”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Kaikoura District”
  • Slovenian: “Kaikōura”
  • Spanish: “Kaikoura”
  • Swedish: “Kaikoura”
  • Turkish: “Kaikōura”
  • Urdu: “کائیکورا”
  • Vietnamese: “Kaikōura”
  • Western Panjabi: “ضلع کائیکورا”

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