Moeraki

Moeraki is a historic site in Otago, South Island. Moeraki is situated nearby to the beach Tūtakahikura, as well as near Kawa.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Kātiki Point Lighthouse.

Kātiki Point Lighthouse

Lighthouse

Photo: Hayden5650, Public domain.

The Kātiki Point Lighthouse, also known as Moeraki Lighthouse, shone for the first time in 1878, following several accidents on the dangerous reefs around the area, to make the area safer for ships that sailed past on their way to Port Chalmers, Dunedin. Kātiki Point Lighthouse is situated 2½ km south of Moeraki.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Moeraki and Kātiki.

Moeraki

Village

Photo: jokertrekker, CC BY 3.0.

Moeraki is a small fishing village on the east coast of the South Island of New Zealand. It was once the location of a whaling station. In the 1870s, local interests believed it could become the main port for the north Otago area and a railway line, the Moeraki Branch, was built to the settlement and opened in 1877.

Kātiki

Locality

Kātiki is a small settlement in North Otago, New Zealand. It lies between the townships of Palmerston and Hampden on State Highway 1 at the northern end of Kātiki Beach, close to the Moeraki Peninsula. Kātiki is situated 3½ km southwest of Moeraki.

Hampden

Village

Hampden, a small town in North Otago, New Zealand, lies close to the North Otago coast, 35 kilometres south of Oamaru and 80 kilometres north of the city of Dunedin, to both of which it is connected by State Highway 1. Hampden is situated 6 km northwest of Moeraki.

Moeraki

Type: Historic site
Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
Location: Otago, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude

-45.37159° or 45° 22′ 18″ south

Longitude

170.8638° or 170° 51′ 50″ east

Open location code

4V6GJVH7+9G

OpenStreetMap ID

node 11681464115

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=yes

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Tūtakahikura and Kawa.

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