Lyttelton

Lyttelton is the seaport satellite town of in , lying just over the Port Hills from Christchurch.
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  • Type: Town with 3,170 residents
  • Description: town in New Zealand
  • Also known as: “Lyttelton, New Zealand”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Lyttelton Borough Council Chambers and Mount Cavendish.

Theater building
Photo: Paul Willyams, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The was the head office of the Lyttelton Borough Council from 1887 until the late 20th century, when the borough council moved to a number of other buildings.

Peak
Photo: Anon Mouse, CC BY 2.0.
is located in the Port Hills, with views over , and Lyttelton. It is part of the crater wall of the extinct volcano that formed .

Peak
Photo: Phillip Capper, CC BY 2.0.
Tauhinukorokio / Mount Pleasant, also known just as either Mount Pleasant or Tauhinukorokio individually, is the highest elevation in the eastern Port Hills in , New Zealand.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Heathcote Valley and Diamond Harbour.

Suburb
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is a suburb of , New Zealand. It is named after Sir William Heathcote, who was secretary of the Canterbury Association.

Town
Photo: Podzemnik, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a small town on , in Canterbury, New Zealand. It is on the peninsula's northern coast, on the southern shores of , and is administratively part of the city of .

Quarter
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Te Rāpaki-o-Te Rakiwhakaputa, commonly known as or Rapaki, is a small settlement within the basin. is one of four rūnanga based around .

Lyttelton

Latitude
-43.6025° or 43° 36′ 9″ south
Longitude
172.7206° or 172° 43′ 14″ east
Population
3,170
Elevation
6 metres (20 feet)
United Nations Location Code
NZ LYT
Open location code
4V8J9PXC+26
Open­Street­Map ID
node 299170477
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
6220981
Wiki­data ID
Q911909
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Lyttelton” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ليتلتون”
  • Asturian: “Lyttelton”
  • Catalan: “Lyttelton”
  • Cebuano: “Lyttelton”
  • Chinese: “利特尔顿”
  • Chinese: “利特爾頓”
  • Czech: “Lyttelton”
  • Danish: “Lyttelton”
  • Dutch: “Lyttelton”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ليتلتون”
  • Estonian: “Lyttelton”
  • Finnish: “Lyttelton”
  • French: “Lyttelton”
  • French: “Lyttleton”
  • German: “Lyttelton”
  • German: “Port Cooper”
  • Hebrew: “לייטלטון, ניו זילנד”
  • Indonesian: “Lyttelton, Selandia Baru”
  • Indonesian: “Lyttelton”
  • Italian: “Lyttelton”
  • Japanese: “リトルトン”
  • Korean: “리틀턴”
  • Lithuanian: “Liteltonas”
  • Malay: “Lyttelton, New Zealand”
  • Malay: “Lyttelton”
  • Maori: “Ōhinehou”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Lyttelton på New Zealand”
  • Polish: “Lyttelton”
  • Russian: “Литлтон”
  • Russian: “Литтелтон”
  • Russian: “Литтлтон”
  • Spanish: “Lyttelton”
  • Swedish: “Lyttelton, Nya Zeeland”
  • Swedish: “Lyttelton”
  • Turkish: “Lyttelton”
  • Ukrainian: “Літтелтон (Нова Зеландія)”
  • Ukrainian: “Літтелтон”
  • Urdu: “لیٹلٹن، نیوزی لینڈ”
  • Welsh: “Lyttelton, Seland Newydd”

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