Sounds Fire Station

Sounds Fire Station is a fire station in Marlborough, South Island which is located on Te Mahia Road. Sounds Fire Station is situated nearby to the scenic viewpoint Onahau Lokout, as well as near the peak Te Mahia.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include HMS Sparrow.

HMS Sparrow

Disaster remains

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

HMS Sparrow was a Redbreast-class gunboat launched in 1889, the sixth Royal Navy ship to bear the name. She became the New Zealand training ship NZS Amokura in 1906 and was sold in 1922. HMS Sparrow is situated 3½ km north of Sounds Fire Station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ngākuta Bay and Anakiwa.

Ngākuta Bay

Village

Ngākuta Bay is a settlement and bay in the Marlborough Sounds, New Zealand. The bay is part of Grove Arm in Queen Charlotte Sound / Tōtaranui. Picton is about 11 km to the southeast via Queen Charlotte Drive. Ngākuta Bay is situated 7 km south of Sounds Fire Station.

Anakiwa

Village

Photo: Samuel J Arnold, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Anakiwa is a coastal residential village in the Marlborough region of New Zealand. It sits at the head of Queen Charlotte Sound/Tōtaranui, one of the Marlborough Sounds, 23 km west of Picton and 18 km east of Havelock. Anakiwa is situated 7 km southwest of Sounds Fire Station.

Waikawa

Quarter

Photo: Sid Mosdell, CC BY 2.0.

Waikawa is a small settlement to the north east of Picton, Marlborough, New Zealand. Waikawa Bay opens onto Queen Charlotte Sound. The New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage gives a translation of "bitter water" for Waikawa. Waikawa is situated 8 km southeast of Sounds Fire Station.

Sounds Fire Station

Type: Fire station
Address: 63 Te Mahia Road, Te Mahia
Location: Marlborough, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude

-41.21658° or 41° 12′ 60″ south

Longitude

173.97181° or 173° 58′ 19″ east

Operator

Fire and Emergency New Zealand

Open location code

4VCMQXMC+9P

OpenStreetMap ID

node 13963857011

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=fire_station

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Satellite Map

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Onahau Lokout and Te Mahia.

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