Kaikoura
Kaikoura is a small coastal town on the east coast of the South Island of New Zealand, about 180 km north of Christchurch and 130 km south of Blenheim.- 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.
Mayfair Theatre
The Mayfair Arts & Culture Centre Te Whare Toi…
Takahanga Marae
Takahanga Marae is a marae of the Ngāti Kuri hapū…
Te Ana – The Caves
Te Ana – The Caves 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.
Kaikoura
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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
Satellite Map
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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: “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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Localities in the Area
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