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
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
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
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
Photo: Pseudopanax, Public domain.
is a suburb of , New Zealand. It is named after Sir William Heathcote, who was secretary of the Canterbury Association.

Town
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
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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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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