The Ōpārara Basin Arches are a number of natural limestone tunnels formed by the Ōpārara River, in the Ōpārara Basin, New Zealand. The two most famous ones are the 'Ōpārara Arch', large enough for a multi-storey house, and the 'Moria Gate Arch', which is smaller in height. Ōpārara Basin Arches is situated 1¼ km south of Crazy Paving Cave.

Moria Gate Arch

Photo: Pseudopanax, Public domain.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ōpārara.

Ōpārara

Locality

Photo: Mike Dickison, CC BY 4.0.

Ōpārara is a locality, which is situated 10 km southwest of Crazy Paving Cave.

Crazy Paving Cave

Type: Cave
Category: landform
Location: Nelson, Nelson Bays, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude

-41.13622° or 41° 8′ 10″ south

Longitude

172.1908° or 172° 11′ 27″ east

Open location code

4VCJV57R+G8

OpenStreetMap ID

node 1123061379

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=cave_entrance

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